People v. Melendez
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from a judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County (Ark, J.), entered December 7, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously modified on the law by vacating the amount of restitution ordered and as modified the judgment is affirmed and the matter is remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following
Defendant did not, however, agree to the amount of restitution or otherwise waive his right to a hearing (see, People v Young, 281 AD2d 950, 951, lv denied 96 NY2d 909; People v Guise, 278 AD2d 831, 832; People v Dibble [appeal No. 2], 277 AD2d 969, 970). Moreover, the presentence report and unsworn victim impact statement constitute an insufficient basis for the court’s finding with respect to the amount of restitution ordered (see, People v Wright, 288 AD2d 899; People v Young, supra at 951; People v Oehler, 278 AD2d 807, 808; People v White, 266 AD2d 831, 832). We therefore modify the judgment by vacating the amount of restitution ordered, and we remit the matter to Supreme Court for a hearing to determine the amount of restitution. Present — Green, J.P., Pine, Kehoe and Gorski, JJ.
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