Legal Opinion

People v. Henao

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 10, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), imposed November 13, 1986, upon her conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon her plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate term of 3½ years’ to life imprisonment.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Upon our review of the record, we conclude that the sentence imposed did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of constitutional proscriptions (NY Const, art I, § 5; US Const 8th Amend). Absent exceptional…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. People v. AlbanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. People v. MedinaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. People v. BrabhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  4. People v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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