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People v. Murphy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 7, 1991
177 A.D.2d 741 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

November 7, 1991

Appeal from the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.).


Defendant's contention that his sentence was harsh and excessive is without merit. He was permitted to plead guilty to one count of forgery in the second degree in full satisfaction of a six-count indictment. Upon this plea, he could have been sentenced to a prison term of 2 1/3 to 7 years (see, Penal Law § 70.00 [b]; [3] [b]). Instead, he was sentenced only to probation and 120 days in the County Jail (see, Penal Law § 70.00). Under these circumstances, and given defendant's prior criminal history, we find no abuse of discretion by County Court in imposing sentence (see, People v. Gholston, 137 A.D.2d 765, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 896; People v. Mackey, 136 A.D.2d 780, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 899).

Mahoney, P.J., Weiss, Yesawich Jr., Levine and Harvey, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Murphy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 7, 1991
177 A.D.2d 741 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Murphy

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JEFFREY R. MURPHY…

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

Date published: Nov 7, 1991

Citations

177 A.D.2d 741 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)