Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed.
Memorandum:
CPL 430.20 (subd 1) requires that "[w]hen a sentence of imprisonment is pronounced * * * the defendant must forthwith be committed to the custody of the appropriate public servant and detained until the sentence is complied with" (see, also, CPL 430.30). It is equally clear, however, that the limitation contained in the statute "should yield in a particular case when there is...
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