Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Spears

People v. Spears
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 6, 1996
228 A.D.2d 193; 643 N.Y.2d 343; 643 N.Y.S.2d 343; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6370
People v. Spears

Opinion of the Court

As the People concede, defendant’s conviction for manslaughter was incorrectly treated as a class B armed felony, instead of a class B violent felony carrying, at the time of sentence, a maximum term of 25 years and a minimum period of one-third the maximum term, i.e., 81/a to 25 years. Defendant does not seek to withdraw his plea. Defendant may not be resentenced to a maximum term greater than the 20 years previously imposed pursuant to his plea agreement (Stewart v Scully, 925 F2d 58 [2d Cir 1991]). On the other hand, there is no reason to reduce the 10-to-20-year sentence for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Ross and Tom, JJ.

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