People v. Blount

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]). We reject defendant’s contention that, in imposing the negotiated sentence, County Court was effectively deprived of the authority to exercise its discretion in determining an appropriate *838sentence. Defendant pleaded guilty with the express understanding that the People would be allowed to withdraw their consent to the plea if the court determined after reviewing the presentence investigation report that a maximum…