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People v. Alston

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 10, 1975
47 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)

Opinion

March 10, 1975


Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County, imposed June 8, 1973, upon a conviction of bribery, on a plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate prison term not to exceed three years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to the time served. As so modified, sentence affirmed. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Hopkins, Acting P.J., Martuscello, Latham, Cohalan and Brennan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Alston

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 10, 1975
47 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)
Case details for

People v. Alston

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE E. ALSTON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 10, 1975

Citations

47 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)

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