People v. Chappotin

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell Wiley, J.), rendered September 12, 2007, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of six years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion when it denied defendant’s attorney’s request for an adjournment in order to permit him to further prepare for sentencing, and that ruling did not deprive defendant of effective assistance of counsel. Although, as part of his plea agreement, defendant…