Legal Opinion

People v. Aponte

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

Decided April 6, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Owens, J.), rendered January 7, 1985/ convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is modified by vacating the sentence; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for resentence in accordance herewith.

The People concede that the court pronounced sentence without first receiving a presentence investigation report. This was error (see, CPL 390.20; People v Lucas, 119 AD2d 700, lv…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. GriceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  3. People v. LucasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

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