People v. Minaya
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Birns, J.
The issue before us can be stated simply: in the circumstances of the plea and sentence was it permissible for the court, after defendant had begun his sentence, to increase the term of an indeterminate sentence providing for a maximum of three years to an indeterminate sentence providing for a maximum term of eight years? The answer is no.
*359Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of attempted robbery in the first degree upon the understanding that the prison term to be imposed would be an indeterminate term with a maximum of eight years. At the time of sentence on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bohlen v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People Ex Rel. Hirschberg v. Orange County CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- People v. YannicelliNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. CavelliNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People ex rel. Sedotto v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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