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People v. Flores

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 8, 1990
167 A.D.2d 160 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

November 8, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Leon Becker, J.).


Defendant pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree and was sentenced in accordance with his plea bargain to a term of 7 to 21 years. On appeal, 11 years after the crime although only approximately two years after the plea, defendant argues that his sentence was unlawful pursuant to Penal Law § 70.04 in that, as a second violent felony offender, he should have received a minimum sentence of one half the maximum, not one third the maximum. Accordingly, it is urged that since he relied upon an illegal sentence promise, the sentence as imposed should be vacated. However, where a defendant is the beneficiary of an error, and no prejudice ensues to him, a vacatur of the sentence is not required. (People v. Coffey, 124 A.D.2d 814.)

Concur — Ross, J.P., Rosenberger, Asch, Kassal and Wallach, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Flores

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 8, 1990
167 A.D.2d 160 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Flores

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANDRES FLORES…

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

Date published: Nov 8, 1990

Citations

167 A.D.2d 160 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
561 N.Y.S.2d 240

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