State of New York
Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Third Judicial Department
Decided and Entered: July 28, 2016 106655
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK,
Respondent,
v MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
RYAN McKINNEY,
Appellant.
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Calendar Date: June 6, 2016
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch, Mulvey and Aarons, JJ.
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Teresa C. Mulliken, Harpersfield, for appellant.
Stephen K. Cornwell Jr., District Attorney, Binghamton
(Stephen D. Ferri of counsel), for respondent.
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Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County
(Lehmann, J.), rendered February 21, 2014, convicting defendant
upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted strangulation
in the second degree.
As a result of a domestic dispute culminating in a physical
altercation with his paramour, defendant was charged in a
superior court information with the crime of strangulation in the
second degree. Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant pleaded
guilty to attempted strangulation in the second degree, a class E
felony. County Court ultimately sentenced defendant, in
accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, to a five-year
term of probation.
Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that the five-year
term of probation is harsh and excessive and should be reduced to
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three years in the interest of justice. We do not agree. "A
sentence that falls within the permissible statutory range will
not be disturbed unless it can be shown that the sentencing court
abused its discretion or extraordinary circumstances exist
warranting a modification" (People v Ramos, 133 AD3d 904, 908
[2015] [internal quotations marks and citations omitted], lvs
denied 26 NY3d 1143, 1149 [2016]; People v Simmons, 122 AD3d
1169, 1169 [2014], lv denied 25 NY3d 1171 [2015]). Given
defendant's prior criminal history, within both California and
this state, and the fact that the term of probation was the
length negotiated by the parties and that defendant was already
on probation when he committed the instant offense, we discern no
extraordinary circumstances or an abuse of discretion that would
warrant modification of the sentence (see CPL 470.15 [6] [b];
People v Johnson, 182 AD2d 922, 922 [1992], lv denied 80 NY2d 833
[1992]; People v Manners, 54 AD2d 938, 938 [1976]).
McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch, Mulvey and Aarons, JJ.,
concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court