People v. Batista

—Peters, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered July 6, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of at*826tempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. "

After defendant sold cocaine to a police informant on two occasions in May 1998, his residence was searched pursuant to a warrant and, as a result of the search, defendant was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the reduced charge of .criminal…