People v. Tolbert

OPINION OF THE COURT

Wesley, J.

Defendant was indicted for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02 [4]) on September 3, 1996. Following arraignment, defendant negotiated a plea agreement under which he would be allowed to enter a plea to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and would be sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to a prison term of four years to life.

On December 4, 1996, defendant pleaded guilty to the reduced charge in full satisfaction of the indictment and admitted the allegations of the persistent violent…