People v. Jackson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael J. Obus, J.

*106On June 5, 1997, the defendant, Geraldine Jackson, entered a plea of guilty to the felony of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, Penal Law § 220.31, admitting that on April 24, 1997, she sold cocaine to an undercover police officer. At that time, the court (Adlerberg, J.) promised the defendant alternative sentences, depending upon whether her prior felony conviction constituted a "predicate felony” within the meaning of Penal Law § 70.06 (1) (b) (iv), which requires that the prior "sentence must have been imposed not more than…