Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1991

People v. Dunnell

People v. Dunnell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 25, 1991
172 A.D.2d 407; 570 N.Y.S.2d 912; 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5000
People v. Dunnell

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Price, J.), rendered on September 23, 1988, convicting defendant, upon a plea of guilty of attempted murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree and sentencing defendant to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years on each count, unanimously affirmed.

We are unpersuaded that the sentence imposed was unduly harsh or severe. Taking into account, "among other things, the crime charged, the particular circumstances of the individual before the court and the purpose of a penal sanction”, we perceive no abuse of discretion warranting a reduction in sentence. (People v Farrar, 52 NY2d 302, 305.)

Further, defendant was sentenced in accordance with his plea bargain and within statutory guidelines. "Having received the benefit of his bargain, defendant should be bound by its terms.” (People v Felman, 141 AD2d 889, 890, lv denied *40872 NY2d 918.) Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Kupferman, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.

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