People v. Richards

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered August 21, 1973, insofar as it imposes sentence, unanimously reversed on the law, and the case remanded to the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court, New York County, for resentencing, and otherwise affirmed. The record indicates and the People concede that the sentencing court imposed a term of imprisonment in excess of that agreed upon in the plea bargaining. The understanding had been, based on the People’s recommendation, that a term of up to four years imprisonment would be imposed. However, while on parole in a narcotics treatment center…