People v. Broadie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtShapiro, Acting P. J.
The defendant has been convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class A-III felony, and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment with a minimum of one year and a maximum of life, as mandated by statute (Penal Law, § 70.00, subd. 2, par. [a], subd. 3, par. [a], cl. [iii]). She makes a two-pronged attack *650on the validity of the sentencing statute, contending (1) that by reason of its mandatory nature it constitutes an improper legislative infringement upon the exercise of judicial discretion and (2) that, even if that not be the fact, it is violative of the…
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