PEOPLE v. FONTANA


130 A.D.2d 505 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Alex Fontana, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

May 4, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Under the circumstances of this case, the imposed sentence of five years to life imprisonment did not constitute an abuse of the sentencing court's discretion (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). The court made no promises to the defendant as to the length of the sentence it would impose, and the defendant acknowledged prior to pleading guilty that he was aware that the maximum...

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