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People v. Esposit

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 15, 1993
191 A.D.2d 580 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

March 15, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mullen, J.).


Ordered that the sentence is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for resentencing, with leave to the People to withdraw their consent to the plea, if they be so advised.

As part of a negotiated plea of guilty, the defendant agreed to make restitution prior to sentencing. However, at sentencing, the sentencing court granted him three additional years to make restitution. Although the sentencing court had discretion to impose a sentence other than that originally negotiated (see, People v. Farrar, 52 N.Y.2d 302), the court should have either imposed the agreed-upon sentence or allowed the People to withdraw their consent to the defendant's plea when it determined that the defendant should be permitted to make restitution payments over a period of time, instead of completing restitution prior to sentencing. Therefore, we remit the matter for resentencing (see, People v. Gagliardi, 170 A.D.2d 346; People v Gannon, 162 A.D.2d 818).

In the event the People withdraw their consent to the plea, the court, in determining whether the plea should be vacated, must consider whether there are circumstances militating against vacatur of the plea, including, inter alia, whether the parties may be restored to the status quo ante (see, People v. Farrar, supra, at 308). Mangano, P.J., Sullivan, Balletta and O'Brien, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Esposit

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 15, 1993
191 A.D.2d 580 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Esposit

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. DOUGLAS ESPOSIT…

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

Date published: Mar 15, 1993

Citations

191 A.D.2d 580 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
595 N.Y.S.2d 85

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