People v. Fields

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Fields

71 A.D.2d 1006, 420 N.Y.S.2d 366, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13340

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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided September 24, 1979·Published

Opinion

—Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed July 5, 1977, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being a term of imprisonment with a minimum of 7 years and a maximum of 21 years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 0 to 20 years. As so modified, sentence affirmed. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Gulotta, J. P., Shapiro, Cohalan and Hargett, JJ., concur.

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—Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed July 5, 1977, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being a term of imprisonment with a minimum of 7 years and a maximum of 21 years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 0 to 20 years. As so modified, sentence affirmed. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Gulotta, J. P., Shapiro, Cohalan and Hargett, JJ., concur.

People v. Fields, 71 A.D.2d 1006, 420 N.Y.S.2d 366, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13340 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1979).

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