PEOPLE v. MELVILLE


54 A.D.2d 742 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Melville, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 18, 1976


Judgment modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the maximum period of imprisonment to 12 years. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

Upon the argument of this appeal, defendant stated that the only issue to be determined was whether the indeterminate sentence of 15 years should be reduced to 12 years. It should be. On October 22, 1974 defendant pleaded guilty to a single count of manslaughter in the first degree with a promise...

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