The People v. Gerald Francis

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 11 The People &c., Respondent, v. Gerald Francis, Appellant. Harold V. Ferguson, Jr., for appellant. Samuel Z. Goldfine, for respondent. GARCIA, J.: In 2015, defendant moved pursuant to CPL 440.20 to set aside his 1988 sentence of six months of incarceration, imposed upon his plea of guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, on the ground that the sentence was illegally lenient. Supreme -1- -2- No. 11 Court denied defendant’s motion. The…