PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


79 N.Y.2d 281 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Patrick Williams, Also Known as Patrick Blake, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Bernhard for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney (Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


KAYE, J.

This appeal centers on the technical legality of the sentence imposed on defendant — concurrent terms of probation for gun possession — and particularly on mitigation provisions of the Penal Law (see, § 70.02 [2] [c] [i]; [5] [b]). While agreeing with the Appellate Division that mitigation was improper here, we reach that conclusion on different grounds.

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