Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by adding to the second decretal paragraph thereof, after the words "the date of the inmate's sentencing", the words "unless exigent circumstances which justify a further limited delay are present in a particular case"; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Despite the appellant's statutory duty to accept prisoners sentenced to State custody "forthwith" (CPL 430.20 [1]), the record...
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