People v. Santos

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the order upholding defendant's conviction and sentence, holding that his waiver of participation in the shock incarceration program was not a component of his sentence. The waiver neither directed the corrections agency to impose a particular punishment nor controlled how it calculated the sentence, and any effect on sentence duration was speculative because participation depended on future choices, agency approval, and successful completion. The court therefore rejected defendant's challenge to the legality of the sentence.