People v. Rentas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Rentas

25 A.D.2d 686, 269 N.Y.S.2d 96, 1966 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4683

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

DecidedMarch 28, 1966

StatusPublished

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People v. Rentas, 25 A.D.2d 686, 269 N.Y.S.2d 96, 1966 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4683 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1966).

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the iSupreme Court, Kings 'County, rendered November 23, 1964, convicting him of attempted possession of a narcotic drug (Penal Law, § 1751, subd. 3), on his plea of guilty, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a prison term of 7% to 10 years. [687]*687The appeal is soleiy on the ground that the sentence was so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion. Judgment modified, on the law and the facts by reducing the sentence to 5 to 10 years. As so modified, judgment affirmed. In our opinion, the sentence imposed was excessive.

Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Hill and Rabin, JJ., concur.

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the iSupreme Court, Kings 'County, rendered November 23, 1964, convicting him of attempted possession of a narcotic drug (Penal Law, § 1751, subd. 3), on his plea of guilty, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a prison term of 7% to 10 years. [687]*687The appeal is soleiy on the ground that the sentence was so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion. Judgment modified, on the law and the facts by reducing the sentence to 5 to 10 years. As so modified, judgment affirmed. In our opinion, the sentence imposed was excessive.

Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Hill and Rabin, JJ., concur.

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25 A.D.2d 686, 269 N.Y.S.2d 96, 1966 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4683, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-rentas-nyappdiv-1966.