People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Jones

24 A.D.2d 564, 261 N.Y.S.2d 602, 1965 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3631

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJuly 8, 1965

StatusPublished

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People v. Jones, 24 A.D.2d 564, 261 N.Y.S.2d 602, 1965 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3631 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1965).

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Opinion

Judgment of conviction and sentence unanimously modified on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing the sentence to time already served and the judgment, as so modified, is affirmed. In view of defendant’s circumstances, the fact that the crime arose out of an accidental intervention without motive, and in view of the long time that has elapsed since the defendant’s last incarceration on this charge, it would be inhumane to require the defendant to resume service of the balance of his sentence. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Stevens, Eager and Steuer, JJ;

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Judgment of conviction and sentence unanimously modified on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of reducing the sentence to time already served and the judgment, as so modified, is affirmed. In view of defendant’s circumstances, the fact that the crime arose out of an accidental intervention without motive, and in view of the long time that has elapsed since the defendant’s last incarceration on this charge, it would be inhumane to require the defendant to resume service of the balance of his sentence. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Stevens, Eager and Steuer, JJ;

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24 A.D.2d 564, 261 N.Y.S.2d 602, 1965 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3631, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-jones-nyappdiv-1965.