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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ABERA B. ZELKE, Appellant.

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant entered an Alford plea (see, North Carolina v Alford, 400 U.S. 25) to a lesser offense than those crimes charged in the indictment. There is no merit to defendant's contention that the factual basis for that plea was insufficient (see, People v Alfieri, 201 A.D.2d 935; People v Myers, 151 A.D.2d 1002, lv denied 74 N.Y.2d 815). Likewise without merit is the contention that defendant's sentence is harsh or excessive. It was agreed that the sentence for the class C felony to which defendant pleaded would include a term of imprisonment not to exceed 2 1/3 to 7 years and that such term would run concurrently with whatever sentence was imposed on a pending misdemeanor conviction. Defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 2 1/3 to 7 years in accordance with the plea bargain. Having obtained the benefit of that bargain, defendant should be bound by its terms (see, People v Felman, 141 A.D.2d 889, 890, lv denied 72 N.Y.2d 918).

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PEOPLE v. ZELKE
(Apr 15, 1994)