Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1980

People v. Martin

People v. Martin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided September 15, 1980
78 A.D.2d 537; 433 N.Y.S.2d 737; 1980 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12855
People v. Martin

Opinion of the Court

Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed October 31, 1979, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a plea of guilty, the sentence being an .indeterminate term of imprisonment of 8 Vis to 25 years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years. As so modified, sentence affirmed. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated. Gulotta, J. P., Cohalan, Margett and Martuscello, JJ., concur.

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