GOSHEN – A man convicted on two charges of criminal sale of drugs has had his convictions affirmed by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court.
On July 15, 2016, Anthony Smith pled guilty to two separate indictments for criminal sale of a controlled substance in exchange for a promised sentence of concurrent terms of four years in state prison and two years of post-release supervision.
He was ordered back to court on August 31, 2016, but did not appear until September 9 when the court imposed an enhanced sentence of two concurrent term of six years in prison plus three years of post-release supervision.
On appeal, Smith claimed his enhanced sentence was illegal imposed and excessive.
The Appellate Division, Second Department, dismissed his arguments and affirmed the ruling of then-Orange County Court Judge Nicholas DeRosa.
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