People v. Lamberto

Appeal by the defendant from a *504judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Santagata, J.), rendered February 19, 1988, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We reject the defendant’s contention that the mandatory sentence for a class A-I felony of a minimum term of 15 to 25 years and a maximum term of life (Penal Law § 70.00) is…