Legal Opinion

People v. Matthews

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

Decided October 24, 1991PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fred Eggert, J.), convicting the defendant, after a plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

This is an appeal by the People who contend that the sentencing court was without discretion to impose a sentence of probation. The defendant pleaded guilty to the single count in the indictment.

*628Absent any error of law, the People have no right to appeal and this court may not interfere with the court’s decision to impose a sentence of probation (People v…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. SantiagoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. AlejandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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