PEOPLE v. HIGDON


214 A.D.2d 488 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 224

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cornelius Higdon, Appellant

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

April 25, 1995


The imposition of consecutive sentences was not violative of Penal Law § 70.25 (2), defendant having pleaded to two distinct and separate crimes, involving different acts, that do not contain common material elements (People v Brown, 80 N.Y.2d 361, 363-364). Nor was the sentence excessive, in view of the coldblooded slaying of an innocent...

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