PEOPLE v. CASTILLO


70 A.D.2d 529 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leonel Castillo, Appellant

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

May 8, 1979


Unanimously affirmed.

The sentence imposed, challenged as excessive on this appeal, appears to us to have represented an appropriate exercise of discretion. We do not approve the trial court's allusion at the time of sentencing to the defendant's refusal to acknowledge guilt. When the record is examined, however, it is apparent that this regrettable comment was simply an additional support for a sentencing judgment that was based on other and appropriate considerations...

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