People v. Sanchez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (George Roberts, J.), rendered November 13, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly relied upon defendant’s prior military conviction for the distribution of cocaine as a predicate felony for the purposes of enhancing his sentence (Penal Law § 70.06 [1] [b] [i]; see, People v Muniz, 74 NY2d 464, 467), since the elements of the military statute regarding distribution of…