PEOPLE v. BRELAND


109 A.D.2d 890 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Stanley Breland, Appellant

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

March 25, 1985


Judgment modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence to 20 years to life. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

Defendant voluntarily surrendered himself on November 30, 1981 for the homicide of one Michael Williams. At his trial, he testified that in the early morning of November 29, 1981, upon returning to his darkened apartment, he was trapped inside by Williams, who was burglarizing his apartment. According to defendant...

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