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People v. Farris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 22, 1999
263 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

July 22, 1999.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Colleen McMahon, J.), rendered March 24, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 22 years to life and 1 year, respectively, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the entent of reducing the sentence on the robbery in the second degree conviction to a term of 20 years to life, and otherwise affirmed.

PRESENT: Ellerin, P. J., Wallach, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.


Defendant's challenge to the court's charge on reasonable doubt is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the charge, viewed as a whole, conveyed the proper standards ( see, People v. Cubino, 88 N.Y.2d 998).

We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.


Summaries of

People v. Farris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jul 22, 1999
263 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People v. Farris

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN FARRIS, Appellant

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

Date published: Jul 22, 1999

Citations

263 A.D.2d 402 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
691 N.Y.S.2d 776

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