People v. Morrison

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis Bart Stone, J.

These four applications raise similar issues of law in an area where there is little precedent, various practices, and a controlling statute which the Practice Commentary to the New York Criminal Procedure Law characterizes as “poorly drafted and difficult to follow.” (Peter Preiser, Practice Commentary, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 11 A, CPL 420.40.)

*882Defendant John Morrison (Morrison) moved, pursuant to CPL 420.40, for an order of this court to defer mandatory surcharges imposed upon him, pursuant to Penal Law § 60.35, when Morrison was sentenced on…