People v. Velasquez
807 N.Y.S.2d 298
N.Y. App. Div.
2006
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v JUAN VELASQUEZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

[807 NYS2d 298]

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered June 6, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

There is no basis for reducing defendant‘s conviction to a lesser offense in the interest of justice. While this Court has reduced convictions in the interest of justice for the purpose of correcting errors (see e.g. ), we do not consider it appropriate to do so for the purpose of granting dispensations from mandatory sentencing statutes.

Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Nardelli, Sweeny and McGuire, JJ.