Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 30, 2000 (People v. Samuels)

—Mercure, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Leaman, J.), rendered August 14, 1998, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.