People v. Scott

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 2, 1976, convicting her of manslaughter in the second degree, upon a plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. The fact that the defendant received a harsher sentence than that of her codefendant did not result in a denial to her of the equal protection of the laws (see United States v Murphy, 480 F2d 256; Lewis v United States 369 F Supp 659). It was within the discretion of the trial court to vary the sentences of the defendant and her codefendant, based, as they were, upon different…