Legal Opinion
People v. Ryan
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joel M. Goldberg, J.
THE ISSUE
The issue to be decided is whether a court more than one *962year after sentencing a defendant has the inherent power to vacate an illegal sentence where the defendant was illegally sentenced as a first-time felony offender as a direct result of his fraud and misrepresentation of his name and criminal record.
THE FACTS
On October 31, 1994, the defendant pleaded guilty before me to class C felonies on two indictments. Under indictment No. 13483/93 the defendant pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree, and under indictment No. 5550/94 the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Matter of Lyons v. GoldsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- People v. MinayaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Campbell v. PesceNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. ScarbroughNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
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