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People v. Schatz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 8, 1974
45 A.D.2d 853 (N.Y. App. Div. 1974)

Opinion

July 8, 1974


Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County, imposed March 20, 1973. Sentence reversed, on the law, and case remanded to the County Court for resentence in accordance with the views herein set forth. The sentence in this case is illegal and unauthorized. Under the Penal Law as it now reads, a sentence to a State penal institution cannot run concurrently with a previously imposed sentence to a Federal penitentiary (see Penal Law, § 70.25, 70.30 Penal, subd. 1). Hopkins, Acting P.J., Martuscello, Latham, Shapiro and Cohalan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Schatz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 8, 1974
45 A.D.2d 853 (N.Y. App. Div. 1974)
Case details for

People v. Schatz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HAROLD SCHATZ…

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

Date published: Jul 8, 1974

Citations

45 A.D.2d 853 (N.Y. App. Div. 1974)

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