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People v. Dickens

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 14, 2000
269 A.D.2d 463 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Summary

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Opinion

February 14, 2000.

Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the County Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), dated February 1, 1999, which denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.20 to modify the sentence to provide that the term of imprisonment imposed on the conviction of aggravated criminal contempt shall run concurrently with the terms of imprisonment imposed on the convictions of attempted assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

PRESENT: O'BRIEN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, FLORIO AND McGINITY, JJ.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is granted, and the term of imprisonment imposed on the conviction of aggravated criminal contempt shall run concurrently with the terms of imprisonment impcised on the convictions of attempted assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

As the People correctly concede, the court erred in imposing a term of imprisonment for aggravated criminal contempt which was to run consecutively to the term of imprisonment imposed for attempted assault in the second degree. The intent to cause physical injury was a material element of both crimes, and the crimes arose out of a single incident ( see, People v. Laureano, 87 N.Y.2d 640, 643; People v. Williams, 261 A.D.2d 424; Penal Law § 70.25). The Supreme Court imposed concurrent terms of imprisonment on the convictions of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and attempted assault in the second degree ( see, e.g., People v. Hunt, 266 A.D.2d 475; People v. Lyde, 258 A.D.2d 669; People v. Reyes, 239 A.D.2d 524). Because the terms of imprisonment on the convictions of attempted assault in the second degree and aggravated criminal contempt must run concurrently, the People's contention that the term of imprisonment on the conviction of aggravated criminal contempt should run consecutively to the term of imprisonment on the conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree is without merit.


Summaries of

People v. Dickens

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 14, 2000
269 A.D.2d 463 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

applying state law analysis only

Summary of this case from Walker v. Artus
Case details for

People v. Dickens

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES DICKENS…

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

Date published: Feb 14, 2000

Citations

269 A.D.2d 463 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
702 N.Y.S.2d 925

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