Legal Opinion

People v. DeMent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 28, 1988PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. People v. KazepisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. People v. SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  5. People v. HoffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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