Legal Opinion

People v. Yant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 8, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from an amended judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.), rendered December 4, 1996, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the amended judgment is affirmed.

In People v Yant (223 AD2d 747), this Court vacated the sentence imposed upon the appellant and remitted the matter to the County Court, Dutchess County, for resentencing based on the misapprehension by the court regarding its discretion under Penal Law § 70.25 (4) to impose concurrent sentences.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. KazepisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. YantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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