Legal Opinion
People v. La Sasso
New York County Courts
Decided September 28, 1943PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeibowitz, J.
Patsy La Sasso, above-named, a prisoner in State prison, serving a sentence of fifteeln to thirty years as a second felony offender, asserts that this sentence is illegal. He moves to vacate the said sentence and asks to be resentenced as a first offender.
This court has the power to resentence him if the sentence originally imposed is found to be illegal, even though he has already commenced serving such illegal sentence. (People v. Cohn, 252 App. Div. 910.)
La Sasso, by the verdict of a jury, was found guilty of grand larceny in the second degree, which is a felony. After having been duly…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- People v. . MarendiNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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