Judgment unanimously modified, on the law and facts and in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence to a one-year definite sentence in the Orleans County Jail and, as so modified, affirmed.
Memorandum:
Giving consideration to all the surrounding facts and circumstances, we feel that the sentence imposed by the trial court (an indeterminate sentence with a maximum of seven years) was excessive and constituted an improvident exercise of discretion....
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