PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON


251 A.D.2d 687 (1998)

676 N.Y.S.2d 475

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Washington, Appellant

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

June 29, 1998


Ordered that the judgment is modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence imposed upon the defendant's conviction of murder in the second degree from 20 years to life imprisonment to 15 years to life imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that...

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