PEOPLE v. HOUGHTALING


203 A.D.2d 817 (1994)

612 N.Y.S.2d 971

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leo Houghtaling, Appellant

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

April 28, 1994


We reject defendant's contention that his sentence of 7½ to 15 years in prison for assaulting a man with a tire iron is unduly harsh or excessive. While defendant did receive the harshest sentence possible as a second felony offender, he also obtained a substantial benefit by the People's agreement not to pursue persistent felony offender status and by pleading as he did in satisfaction of a multicount indictment. In light...

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