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People v. Cusick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 28, 1986
119 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

April 28, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (D'Amaro, J.).


Judgments and order affirmed.

We agree with Criminal Term that Penal Law § 70.25 (2-b) is not violative of the ex post facto prohibition of the U.S. Constitution, article I, § 10. The statute merely imposes a harsher sentence for criminal acts or omissions committed subsequent to its effective date; the effect of such a statute is not constitutionally proscribed (see, Weaver v. Graham, 450 U.S. 24; Dobbert v. Florida, 432 U.S. 282; People v. Morse, 62 N.Y.2d 205, appeal dismissed sub nom. Vega v. New York, 469 U.S. 1186; People v. Brabham, 104 A.D.2d 1043; People v. Hicks, 99 A.D.2d 788). We also note that Criminal Term properly imposed the mandatory surcharge on each judgment (see, CPL 60.35). Lazer, J.P., Mangano, Gibbons and Bracken, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Cusick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 28, 1986
119 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Cusick

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES CUSICK, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 28, 1986

Citations

119 A.D.2d 830 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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