We are of the view that under the facts of this case, the sentence imposed, while legal, was unduly harsh and severe. (CPL 470.15 [6] [b].) The events both prior and subsequent to the incident, in which defendant asphyxiated her two young daughters, Rashida Howard, age eight, and Tessia Jeffries, age four, are heartrending. Defendant, who had no prior criminal record, and whom the prosecutor described as a "competent and loving mother whose daughters were healthy and well...
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