People v. Mann

—Rose, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Giardino, J.), rendered June 26, 2001, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant waived indictment and consented to be prosecuted by a superior court information charging him with attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Thereafter, the District Attorney made a plea offer which entailed defendant pleading guilty to that charge and receiving a sentence of 4V2 to 9 years to be served by…