People v. DeMent
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), imposed September 17, 1985, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate term of 2 to 4 years’ imprisonment.
Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The sentence imposed does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of constitutional proscriptions (NY Const, art I, § 5; US Const 8th Amend; People v Jones, 39 NY2d 694; People v Broadie, 37 NY2d 100, cert denied…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. KazepisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. HoffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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