People v. Douglas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*808In September 1987, defendant was convicted in Kings County on a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Supreme Court sentenced him to five years probation and community service. Three and a half years into his probationary term, defendant violated his probation, absconded to Nassau County and was arrested and charged with two separate crimes. Defendant pleaded guilty to robbery in the first degree and in 1992 was sentenced as a second felony offender to 9 to 18 years in prison. In…