Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1984

People v. Martinez

People v. Martinez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 9, 1984
103 A.D.2d 783; 477 N.Y.S.2d 598; 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 19401
People v. Martinez

Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by ■ defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Brien, J.), rendered January 4,1984, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his guilty plea, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of 4 to 12 years’ imprisonment. H Judgment modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence imposed to an indeterminate term of 2 to 6 years’ imprisonment. As so modified, judgment affirmed. H Under the circumstances of this case, the sentence as reduced is more appropriate. Titone, J. P., Gibbons, Brown and Niehoff, JJ., concur.

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