Sentence reversed, on the law, and case remitted to the County Court for resentencing in accordance with the views herein set forth. Defendant was convicted of a class E felony and sentenced to a prison term with a five-year maximum.
Section 70.00 (subd. 2, par. [e]) of the Penal Law, however, provides that the maximum term of an indeterminate sentence for a class E felony shall not exceed four years. Thus, the sentence imposed exceeds
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