Legal Opinion

People v. Johnakin

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

Decided July 29, 2015Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Wong, J.), imposed August 15, 2013, upon her plea of guilty, consisting of an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 3 to 9 years, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence imposed from an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 3 to 9 years to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 2 to 6 years.

As the People correctly concede, under the circumstances of this case, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. EldridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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