Aрpeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Leаman, J.), rendered February 19, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plеa of guilty of two counts of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.
Defendant wаs charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and two counts of criminal рossession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree stemming from allegations that he sold cocaine to the same individual on April 30, 1998 and May 28, 1998. Defendant agreed to plead guilty to two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in exchange for a jоint sentencing recommendation of consecutive 1 tо 3-year prison terms. During the plea allocution, however, defendant indicated
Initially, defendant failed to move to withdraw his guilty plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction and, accordingly, his challenge to the sufficiency of his plea alloсution is not preserved for our review (see, People v Chappelle,
Finally, defendant contends that thе sentence imposed was harsh and excessive in view of his young age. We disagree. County Court was not bound by the joint sentеncing recommendation of defense counsel and the prosecutor (see, People v Dopp,
Crew III, J. P., Peters, Spain and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
