People v. Albergotti

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The Appellate Division order should be affirmed.

Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree forgery in satisfaction of charges related to his use of a forged traveler’s check in a retail store. In exchange, defendant was promised a second felony offender sentence of 2 to 4 years — the minimum for a class D felony, provided he return to court, “stay out of trouble,” and cooperate with the Department of Probation. If he did not fulfill the conditions, he was warned he could be subject to a prison term of up to 25 years to life as a discretionary persistent felony…