People v. Kordish

Dillon, J.P.,

concurs in part and dissents in part, and votes to affirm the judgment appealed from, with the following memorandum: I respectfully dissent from so much of the majority’s determination as reduced the defendant’s sentence as excessive, and vote to affirm the judgment of conviction.

In my view, the sentence imposed by the Supreme Court was not harsh or excessive (see People v Farrar, 52 NY2d 302 *984[1981]; People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80, 85 [1982]), as it was in the middle of the permissible statutory range (see Penal Law § 70.06 [3] [b]), and was a provident exercise of the Supreme…