People v. Vargas

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Vargas

82 Misc. 2d 49, 366 N.Y.S.2d 85, 1975 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2554

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedFebruary 10, 1975

StatusPublished

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People v. Vargas, 82 Misc. 2d 49, 366 N.Y.S.2d 85, 1975 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2554 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1975).

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Per Curiam.

Section 422 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law provides that wrongful possession of a vehicle with a changed identification number is a "misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars”. Notwithstanding the designation of the offense as a "misdemeanor” in the Vehicle and Traffic Law, under subdivision 3 of section 55.10 of the Penal Law the offense is actually a "violation”. (People v Star Supermarkets, 67 Misc 2d 483, affd 40 AD2d 946.) The applicable provision of section 55.10 of the Penal Law is to the effect that, notwithstanding any other ' designation specified in the law defining it, an offense for which the only sentence is a fine is a violation (subd 3, par [a]). Section 65.00 of the Penal Law, governing sentences of probation, does not authorize the sentence of probation in the case of a "violation”. An imposition on defendant of the [50]*50sentence of probation for violating section 422 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law was accordingly without legal foundation.

The judgment of conviction, rendered May 20, 1974 (E. Leo Milonas, J., at plea; Maurice W. Grey, J., at sentence) is modified by reversing it on the law with respect to the sentence and remanding the case to the court below for resentence in accordance with the foregoing, and, as modified, is affirmed.

Concur: Dudley J. P., Fine and Hughes, JJ.

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Per Curiam.

Section 422 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law provides that wrongful possession of a vehicle with a changed identification number is a "misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars”. Notwithstanding the designation of the offense as a "misdemeanor” in the Vehicle and Traffic Law, under subdivision 3 of section 55.10 of the Penal Law the offense is actually a "violation”. (People v Star Supermarkets, 67 Misc 2d 483, affd 40 AD2d 946.) The applicable provision of section 55.10 of the Penal Law is to the effect that, notwithstanding any other ' designation specified in the law defining it, an offense for which the only sentence is a fine is a violation (subd 3, par [a]). Section 65.00 of the Penal Law, governing sentences of probation, does not authorize the sentence of probation in the case of a "violation”. An imposition on defendant of the [50]*50sentence of probation for violating section 422 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law was accordingly without legal foundation.

The judgment of conviction, rendered May 20, 1974 (E. Leo Milonas, J., at plea; Maurice W. Grey, J., at sentence) is modified by reversing it on the law with respect to the sentence and remanding the case to the court below for resentence in accordance with the foregoing, and, as modified, is affirmed.

Concur: Dudley J. P., Fine and Hughes, JJ.

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