Legal Opinion

People v. Beckwith

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

Decided March 29, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: Upon defendant’s conviction of criminal trespass in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.15) and criminal mischief in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 145.00 [1]), County Court imposed consecutive definite sentences of imprisonment of one year and six months. Because those offenses were committed as part of a single incident, imposition of consecutive sentences aggregating more than one year is illegal (see, Penal Law § 70.25 [3]; People v Silvagnio, 79 AD2d 1112). We therefore modify the judgment…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. SilvagnioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. ShutterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. ORTH, MICHAEL, PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. OrthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. OrthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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