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People v. Piacentine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 18, 1975
47 A.D.2d 663 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)

Opinion

February 18, 1975


Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County, imposed December 14, 1973, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree, upon a guilty plea. The sentence was a jail term of six months. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a one-year period of probation. As so modified, sentence affirmed and case remitted to the County Court to fix the conditions of probation. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Cohalan, Acting P.J., Brennan, Benjamin, Munder and Shapiro, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Piacentine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 18, 1975
47 A.D.2d 663 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)
Case details for

People v. Piacentine

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEPHEN R. PIACENTINE…

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

Date published: Feb 18, 1975

Citations

47 A.D.2d 663 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)

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