People v. Catone

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified to provide that defendant’s sentences for manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident without reporting, as a felony, run concurrently and as so modified, affirmed.

At approximately 11:45 p.m. on June 6,1981 defendant struck and killed a teen-age girl as she and several of her friends were crossing Depot Road at a pedestrian crosswalk in Huntington Station, New York. After striking the girl, defendant reduced his speed for a brief moment but then sped off. He was subsequently…