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People v. Passalia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 30, 1992

Appeal from the Oneida County Court, Buckley, J.

Present — Denman, P.J., Boomer, Green, Balio and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant testified that he packed his bags and left St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., after one day; that he knew the conditions of probation required that he complete the rehabilitation program offered there; and that he failed to complete that program. That testimony constituted competent legal evidence sufficient to support the determination that defendant violated probation (see, People v Styles, 175 A.D.2d 961, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 923). Although County Court made a general statement that it discredited defendant's testimony, that reference obviously did not apply to the testimony described above, which was consistent with the court's factual findings in support of its determination.

Defendant was resentenced to the minimum indeterminate term of one to three years for felony driving while intoxicated and to a concurrent definite term of one year for assault in the third degree. That sentence is not harsh or excessive.


Summaries of

People v. Passalia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 30, 1992
188 A.D.2d 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Passalia

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTHONY PASSALIA…

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

Date published: Dec 30, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

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