People v. Vallance
Opinion of the Court
— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered January 22, 1992, which (1) convicted defendant upon his plea of guilty of two counts of the crime of driving while intoxicated, and (2) revoked defendant’s probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.
Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of the crime of driving while intoxicated in satisfaction of a two-count indictment and to a second count of driving while intoxicated in
We affirm. Contrary to defendant’s argument, the transcript of the plea allocution clearly establishes that defendant pleaded guilty without any agreement as to the sentence to be ultimately imposed and with the understanding that he could receive a sentence of three consecutive terms of imprisonment resulting in a maximum exposure of up to 12 years’ imprisonment. County Court was free to impose whatever sentence it found appropriate consistent with that understanding (see, People v Andrews, 155 AD2d 779; People v Shock, 152 AD2d 821, lv denied 74 NY2d 852). In view of defendant’s extensive record of criminal convictions for driving while intoxicated, we find no basis to disturb the sentence imposed by County Court (see, People v Miller, 163 AD2d 627, lv denied 76 NY2d 942).
Weiss, P. J., Levine, Mercure, Mahoney and Harvey, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
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