Legal Opinion

People v. Cruz

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

Decided January 10, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Tejada, J.), rendered May 4, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of from 5 to 10 years, unanimously modified, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to reduce the conviction to criminal possession of a *450controlled substance in the third degree, and otherwise affirmed.

As the People concede, defendant’s conviction should be modified to reflect the intent of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. RayneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. CookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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