Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Barnett

People v. Barnett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 1, 1996
232 A.D.2d 170; 647 N.Y.S.2d 474; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9745
People v. Barnett

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, *171Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Kleiman, J.), rendered June 10, 1994, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree, and sentencing him to 3 years probation, commencing upon his release from prison for a prior unrelated conviction, unanimously modified, on the law, to commence the period of probation on June 10, 1994, the date of sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.

Defendant correctly maintains, and the People concede, that the sentence violates Penal Law § 65.15 (1), which provides that a period of probation "commences on the day it is imposed”. The sentence should be modified accordingly. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Ross, Nardelli and Andrias, JJ.

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