Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1991

People v. Pratt

People v. Pratt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 13, 1991
174 A.D.2d 408; 572 N.Y.S.2d 856; 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8860
People v. Pratt

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Levittan, J.), rendered on May 3, 1989, convicting defendant upon a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and sentencing defendant to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 7 to 21 years and 1 Vi to 4 Vi years, respectively, 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 72 NY2d 918.) Concur—Murphy, P. J., Carro, Ellerin and Asch, JJ.

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