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People v. Mackle

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 26, 1984
105 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

Opinion

November 26, 1984

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jaspan, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Following her plea of guilty, defendant was sentenced to the minimum period of incarceration allowed by statute, to wit, three years to life.

On this appeal, although defendant acknowledges that our courts have held that mandatory sentences are constitutional ( People v Broadie, 37 N.Y.2d 100, cert den. 423 U.S. 950) she contends that section 70.00 Penal of the Penal Law, which mandates indeterminate terms of life imprisonment for class A felonies, is unconstitutional as applied to her.

The defendant has an extensive history of drug involvement as well as two past conflicts with the law. Moreover, the record reveals that she was a willing participant in the sale of over two ounces of cocaine for $6,500. That being so, the instant case does not present that rare case which on its particular facts impels the reasoned conclusion that the mandatory sentencing statutes have been unconstitutionally applied insofar as the sentencing of this particular defendant is concerned (see People v Broadie, supra). Titone, J.P., Lazer, Mangano and Niehoff, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Mackle

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 26, 1984
105 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)
Case details for

People v. Mackle

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ELAINE MACKLE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 26, 1984

Citations

105 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

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