Appeal unanimously dismissed.
Memorandum:
Although defendant's sentence to a one-year definite term as a nonviolent class C felony offender was illegal under section 70.00 of the Penal Law it was subsequently changed during resentencing proceedings to a term of probation for five years, a permitted sentence. The People's contention that the one-year sentence is illegal is now moot and this appeal should be dismissed (see Sedita v Board of Educ.,
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