Legal Opinion
People v. McArdle
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1981PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
The Appellate Division affirmed an order of the Suffolk County Court sentencing defendant to four months’ imprisonment for failure to pay her $16,000 fine. The County Court found, and the Appellate Division affirmed, that defendant had defrauded the welfare system of more than $8,000 and that she has an equity in her home and a separate vacant lot of $35,797.
The fine imposed was authorized by subdivision 5 of section 80.05 of the Penal Law and, in view of defendant’s equity in the property and the fact that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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