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People v. Pitts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 1, 2011
82 A.D.3d 410 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 4387.

March 1, 2011.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J., at plea; Michael R. Ambrecht, J., at sentence), rendered October 14, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4½ to 9 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 3 to 6 years, and otherwise affirmed. The record does not establish a valid waiver of the right to appeal.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Abigail Everett of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Allen J. Vickey of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Andrias, Renwick and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.


We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.


Summaries of

People v. Pitts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 1, 2011
82 A.D.3d 410 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

People v. Pitts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEPHAN PITTS…

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

Date published: Mar 1, 2011

Citations

82 A.D.3d 410 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 1526
917 N.Y.S.2d 857