People v. Shumate

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.), rendered August 22, 1994, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

*720Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and was sentenced as a persistent felony offender to a term of 15 years to life in prison. Defendant argues that his sentence must be vacated because County Court failed to set forth the reasons for sentencing him as a persistent felony offender as required by Penal Law…