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People v. Oppenheimer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 2, 1997
240 A.D.2d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

June 2, 1997

Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Carey, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed upon the conviction of grand larceny in the third degree under the second count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Westchester County, for resentencing on that count in compliance with Penal Law §§ 60.05 and 70.06.

The defense counsel's failure to take action on the defendant's desire to testify before the Grand Jury does not, on this record, amount to the denial of the effective assistance of counsel (see, People v. Wiggins, 89 N.Y.2d 872; People v. Rogers, 228 A.D.2d 623; People v. Sturgis, 199 A.D.2d 549; cf., People v Jimenez, 180 A.D.2d 757).

However, as the People correctly concede, the defendant was improperly sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender upon his conviction for grand larceny in the third degree, when he should have been sentenced as a second felony offender on that count (see, Penal Law § 60.05, 70.06 Penal). Therefore, the matter is remitted to the County Court, Westchester County, for proper sentencing on that count. The sentences imposed on the remaining counts were not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).

The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either not properly before this Court on appeal (see, People v. Bachert, 69 N.Y.2d 593; People v. Armstrong, 237 A.D.2d 452; People v. Grossfeld, 216 A.D.2d 319), or are without merit.

O'Brien, J.P., Copertino, Thompson and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Oppenheimer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 2, 1997
240 A.D.2d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Oppenheimer

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTONIO OPPENHEIMER…

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

Date published: Jun 2, 1997

Citations

240 A.D.2d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
658 N.Y.S.2d 1014

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