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People v. Sullivan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 13, 1993
199 A.D.2d 351 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

December 13, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.).


Ordered that the sentence is modified, on the law, by providing that the terms of imprisonment shall run concurrently with each other; as so modified, the sentence is affirmed.

We conclude that the imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment violated Penal Law § 70.25 (2), as the transcript of the plea proceeding demonstrates that the two charges of which the defendant was convicted were based on the same act (see, People v Ali, 188 A.D.2d 476; see also, People v Day, 73 N.Y.2d 208; People v Jenkins, 176 A.D.2d 348; People v Kuey, 155 A.D.2d 481). The defendant admitted that he and an accomplice were attempting to rob the victim and that his accomplice shot the victim when the latter resisted. Contrary to the People's contention, the record does not establish that the plea agreement was premised on the parties' specific understanding that the two offenses were separate acts (cf., People v Streeter, 198 A.D.2d 456).

Accordingly, the defendant's sentence is modified to make the terms of imprisonment run concurrently with each other.

As modified, the defendant's sentence is neither harsh nor excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Eiber, O'Brien and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Sullivan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 13, 1993
199 A.D.2d 351 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Sullivan

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROSHAWN SULLIVAN…

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

Date published: Dec 13, 1993

Citations

199 A.D.2d 351 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
604 N.Y.S.2d 262