People v. Piacentine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Piacentine

47 A.D.2d 663, 364 N.Y.S.2d 541, 1975 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8863

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided February 18, 1975·Published·Cited by 2 cases

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Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County, imposed December 14, 1973, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree, upon a guilty plea. The sentence was a jail term of six months. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a one-year period of probation. As so modified, sentence affirmed and case remitted to the County Court to fix the conditions of probation. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Cohalan, Acting P. J., Brennan, Benjamin, Munder and Shapiro, JJ., concur.

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Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County, imposed December 14, 1973, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree, upon a guilty plea. The sentence was a jail term of six months. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a one-year period of probation. As so modified, sentence affirmed and case remitted to the County Court to fix the conditions of probation. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Cohalan, Acting P. J., Brennan, Benjamin, Munder and Shapiro, JJ., concur.

People v. Piacentine, 47 A.D.2d 663, 364 N.Y.S.2d 541, 1975 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8863 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1975).

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