PEOPLE v. RODNEY E.


77 N.Y.2d 672 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rodney E., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Porter for appellant.

Robert E. Wildridge, District Attorney (James P. Maxwell of counsel), for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (O. Peter Sherwood, Peter H. Schiff and Siobhan Shanks of counsel), for New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


Chief Judge WACHTLER.

The question on this appeal is whether a court can place a defendant on "interim probation" after conviction but before sentence.

In 1989, the defendant, then 14 years old, pleaded guilty to robbery in the first degree. Prior to accepting the plea the court informed the defendant that sentencing would be postponed for three months. During this period the defendant would be placed...

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