FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: MARCH 19, 2015
The
Appellate Division, Third Department has unanimously affirmed the June 11, 2013
conviction of Michael D’Alberto upon his plea of guilty to burglary in the
third degree, two counts, class D felonies.
In
December, 2011, while unemployed and running out of money, the defendant and
his friend decided to break into his parents’ home, as well as several other
residences to bolster his dwindling cash supply. Sometime between December 23, 2011 and
January 6, 2012, the defendant, assisted by his cohort, put their plan into
action and committed a string of burglaries in the Ulster County area.
Defendant
eventually waived indictment and pled guilty.
Defendant was subsequently sentenced by County Court Judge Donald A.
Williams to consecutive two and one-third to seven years in State prison.
On
appeal, defendant claimed that his sentence was unduly harsh and excessive. The
Appellate Division did not agree.
On
appeal, the defendant is represented by Assistant Public Defender Michael K.
Gould, Esq. Assistant District Attorney Joan
Gudesblatt Lamb, Esq. handled the appeal for the District Attorney’s Office.
