Ordered that the sentence is affirmed; and it is further,
Ordered that the amended sentence is modified, on the law, by reducing it to an indeterminate term of 1 2/3 to 5 years imprisonment.
Because the conviction under Indictment No. 1464/95 was the defendant's first felony conviction, the amended sentence of 2½ to 5 years imprisonment was illegal (see, Penal Law § 70.00 [3] [b]). We have remedied the illegality by reducing the minimum term...
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