People v. Anonymous

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), rendered December 18, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The debriefing agreement between the parties stated that the People were to be the sole judge of whether defendant’s cooperation warranted a reduced sentence. Absent factual support for defendant’s claim that he was being truthful in his debriefing sessions with the prosecutors, it cannot be said…