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People v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1999
259 A.D.2d 560 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

March 8, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for resentencing in accordance herewith.

The defendant's contention that he was improperly sentenced because he suffers from mental illness is based upon post-conviction prison psychiatric records which are dehors the record. Accordingly, this claim cannot be reviewed on a direct appeal from the judgment (see, People v. Banks, 244 A.D.2d 560; People v. Grazzette, 211 A.D.2d 822).

We find no merit to the defendant's argument that the sentence imposed upon him for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree was excessive. However, since the court failed to pronounce sentence upon his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, the matter must be remitted for resentencing on both counts in accordance with CPL 380.20 (see, People v. Sturgis, 69 N.Y.2d 816; People v. Santiago, 231 A.D.2d 652; People v. McKinney, 215 A.D.2d 407; People v. James, 188 A.D.2d 550).

Mangano, P. J., Santucci, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1999
259 A.D.2d 560 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARL JOHNSON, JR.…

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

Date published: Mar 8, 1999

Citations

259 A.D.2d 560 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
687 N.Y.S.2d 637

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