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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MARK PALMATEER, Appellant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Mugglin, J.

The sole issue raised by counsel for defendant is that defendant's concurrent prison terms of 2 to 7 years for driving while intoxicated and 1 to 4 years for aggravated unlicensed operation constitute harsh and excessive sentences. We disagree. Defendant has a lengthy history of alcohol-related driving offenses and has been the beneficiary of a substantial measure of judicial leniency on these prior occasions. In fact, only eight days prior to this arrest, he was placed on probation in Schoharie County following his conviction on identical charges. Under these circumstances, we find no abuse of County Court's sentencing discretion (see, People v. Lancaster, 272 A.D.2d 719).

Of the eight issues raised by defendant in his pro se letter, six concern matters which are dehors the record and are unpreserved by an appropriate CPL 440.10 motion (see, e.g., People v. Johnson, 288 A.D.2d 501, 732 N.Y.S.2d 137), one is belied by the record, and the other is meritless. Moreover, neither the brief nor his pro se letter demonstrates the existence of any extraordinary circumstance that would warrant the exercise of our authority to reduce the sentence in the interest of justice.

Mercure, J.P., Peters, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

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PEOPLE v. PALMATEER
(Jan 17, 2002)