People v. Baker

Jan 4, 2007
Versions:36 A.D.3d 968
827 N.Y.S.2d 744

Defendant, indicted for grand larceny in the third degree, pleaded guilty. Under the terms of the plea agreement, defendant was to be sentenced, as a second felony offender, to 2 to 4 years in prison if he paid restitution prior to sentencing and, if he did not, to 2½ to 5 years in prison. Defendant did not pay restitution prior to sentencing and was sentenced as a second felony offender to 2½ to 5 years in prison. He now appeals.

We affirm. We find no merit to defendant‘s contention that his sentence was improperly enhanced due to his failure to pay restitution. The terms of the plea agreement included the lengthier 2½ to 5-year sentence in the event that defendant did not pay restitution and the record discloses that defendant entered a knowing, voluntary and intelligent guilty plea. Contrary to defendant‘s claim, Penal Law § 65.10 is inapplicable as he was not ordered to make restitution as a condition of a sentence or probation or conditional discharge. Furthermore, given defendant‘s lengthy criminal record and his failure to pay restitution, we do not find any extraordinary circumstances or an abuse of discretion warranting a reduction of the sentence in the interest of justice (see People v Greene, 195 AD2d 888, 889 [1993], lv denied 82 NY2d 850 [1993]).

Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Spain, Mugglin and Lahtinen, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.