People v. Jones

Appeal by the People from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed April 17, 1979, which, upon adjudicating the defendant as being in violation of probation, sentenced her to a term of imprisonment of six months. Sentence reversed, on the law, and case remitted to Criminal Term for further proceedings consistent herewith. The defendant had been convicted of manslaughter in the second degree upon her plea of guilty. She was sentenced to a period of probation and placed in various drug programs, but each time left without permission. A hearing was held at which she was adjudicated…