Opinion
2007-1741 D CR.
Decided November 20, 2008.
Appeal from a "judgment" of the Justice Court of the Town of East Fishkill, Dutchess County (William Gee, J.), rendered August 27, 2007. The "judgment" convicted defendant, after a nonjury trial, of violating Town Code of East Fishkill § 63-9 (A) (2).
Appeal dismissed.
PRESENT: RUDOLPH, P.J., McCABE and SCHEINKMAN, JJ.
Defendant was found guilty of violating Town Code of East Fishkill § 63-9 (A) (2) in that his dogs began barking on June 8, 2007 at 6 A.M. and continued to bark until late that afternoon. The Criminal Procedure Law defines a "judgment" as being "comprised of a conviction and the sentence imposed thereon and is completed by imposition and entry of the sentence" (CPL 1.20), and a [s]entence means the imposition and entry of sentence upon a conviction" (CPL 1.20). In the case at bar, the record does not contain an appealable judgment since no sentence was ever imposed by the court below. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed ( see People v Mannino, 231 App Div 860).
Rudolph, P.J., McCabe and Scheinkman, JJ., concur.