Sentence reversed, on the law, and the case is remanded to Criminal Term for resentencing.
Under the statute then in effect the sentencing court, in fixing a minimum period of imprisonment, was required to set forth in the record the reasons for its actions (see Penal Law, § 70.00, subd 3, par [b], prior to its amdt L 1978, ch 481). Its failure to do so requires that the defendant be...
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