People v. Negron

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the former County Court, Kings County, rendered October 20, 1961 after a jury trial, convicting him of burglary in the third degree and of petit larceny, and: (a) imposing upon him, as a second felony offender, a sentence of 5 to 10 years on the burglary count; and (b) suspending sentence on the petit larceny count. Defendant was tried jointly with codefendant, Benny Adams. Judgment affirmed. Since this defendant Negron is a second felony offender, the sentence may not be reduced below the five-year minimum to which he was sentenced (Penal Law, § 1941).…