People v. Bagot

—Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered December 8, 1997, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Pursuant to a negotiated plea bargain, defendant pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree in satisfaction of a three-count indictment and was sentenced as a second felony offender to a term of 2V2 to 5 years in prison. Defendant now argues that this sentence was harsh and excessive principally due to his…