Judgment unanimously modified on the law and facts and in the exercise of discretion by reducing the sentence to an indeterminate term of not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years, and, as modified, judgment affirmed.
Memorandum:
In October, 1965 appellant was sentenced as a first offender upon his plea of guilty to manslaughter, first degree, to a term of 10 to 20 years — the maximum permissible sentence (former Penal Law, § 1051). The operative...
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