PEOPLE v. VASQUEZ


231 A.D.2d 755 (1996)

647 N.Y.S.2d 57

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Maria Y. Vasquez, Also Known as Yolanda Santana, Appellant

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

September 5, 1996


After traveling by bus from New York City to Broome County, defendant and a companion were stopped by police and found to be in possession of a large quantity of cocaine. As a condition of her plea of guilty to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, defendant waived her right to a suppression hearing. She was sentenced to five years to life in prison. On appeal, defendant argues that the sentence is harsh and excessive because she...

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