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The People of the State of New York
v.
Earl Barton, Also Known as David DeLarge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Oct 26, 1999.
Published opinion
265 A.D.2d 238
1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10874
Published

—Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered March 10, 1998, convicting[*239] defendant, on his pleas of guilty, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 21/s to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. The record fails to support defendant’s claim that the sentence was motivated by vindictiveness due to defendant’s successful challenge of his alleged second felony offender status. The court’s imposition of a renegotiated sentence of 21/3 to 7 years in place of the sentence of 2V2 to 5 years (which would not have been lawful in the circumstances) that had been negotiated on the assumption that defendant was a second felony offender merely reflected the fact that the plea negotiations focused upon the minimum period of imprisonment rather than the maximum. Moreover, defendant was afforded an opportunity to withdraw his plea, which he declined to do. Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Rosenberger, Williams, Wallach and Andrias, JJ.