People v. Gomez

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J.), rendered on March 2, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term of from 18 years to life, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was allowed to withdraw a negotiated plea of guilty after being advised by the court that it could not keep its sentence promise since the promise was made without knowledge of a prior felony conviction. The defendant now argues that he should have been allowed the opportunity…