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People v. DeMent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 28, 1988
144 A.D.2d 690 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

November 28, 1988

Appeal from the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.).


Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The sentence imposed does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of constitutional proscriptions (NY Const, art I, § 5; US Const 8th Amend; People v. Jones, 39 N.Y.2d 694; People v. Broadie, 37 N.Y.2d 100, cert denied 423 U.S. 950; People v. Hoffman, 125 A.D.2d 407). Nor do we find the defendant's sentence to be excessive. The sentence imposed upon the defendant as a second felony offender was the minimum sentence legally permissible (Penal Law § 70.06 [d]; [4] [b]) and was the sentence for which the defendant freely bargained. Thus, he has no cause to complain that it is unduly harsh or excessive (see, People v. Hoffman, supra; People v. Schwartz, 112 A.D.2d 257; People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816). Thompson, J.P., Lawrence, Rubin, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. DeMent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 28, 1988
144 A.D.2d 690 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

People v. DeMent

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT DeMENT, Also…

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

Date published: Nov 28, 1988

Citations

144 A.D.2d 690 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

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