People v. Woodard

—Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Main, Jr., J.), rendered October 6, 1998, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of conspiracy in the second degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of conspiracy in the second degree as a result of his admitted agreement to participate in what was ultimately an unsuccessful “murder for hire” scheme. As part of the plea negotiations, the only commitment County Court made was to set as a ceiling a sentence of 5 to 15 years in prison. The court ultimately sentenced defendant to an indeterminate term of 4 to…