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People v. Gray

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 23, 2004
13 A.D.3d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

15061.

December 23, 2004.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Hoye, J.), rendered September 24, 2003, which revoked defendant's probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.

Before: Spain, J.P., Mugglin, Rose, Lahtinen and Kane, JJ., concur.


Defendant was sentenced to five years' probation as a result of his conviction of reckless endangerment in the first degree. After he violated numerous conditions of his probation, a violation petition was filed seeking the revocation of his probation. When defendant did not appear in court for arraignment on the violation petition, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Defendant was subsequently arrested and he admitted to violating his probation. His probation was then revoked and he was sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution.

Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that the sentence is harsh and excessive. Based upon our review of the record, we disagree. Defendant has demonstrated an inability to control his anger and a propensity to engage in violent conduct as the reckless endangerment charge arose from his severe shaking of his infant daughter to the point where she sustained life threatening injuries. In view of this, as well as defendant's failure to comply with most of the conditions of his probation, we find no extraordinary circumstances or an abuse of discretion warranting a reduction of the sentence in the interest of justice ( see People v. Fernandez, 7 AD3d 886, 887; People v. Wormuth, 3 AD3d 596, 597).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Gray

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 23, 2004
13 A.D.3d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

People v. Gray

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEPHEN A. GRAY, JR.…

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

Date published: Dec 23, 2004

Citations

13 A.D.3d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
787 N.Y.S.2d 416

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