Sentence reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law.
The sentence was invalid, as a matter of law, for failure to comply with section 80.00 of the Penal Law, which requires inter alia, that in order to impose a fine there must be a finding of a financial gain by the defendant from the commission of the crime (see People v. Yannicelli,
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