PEOPLE v. WARD


260 A.D.2d 585 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 631

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HARRY WARD, JR., Appellant.

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

Decided April 19, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that Penal Law § 70.08 (3) (c) violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions is without merit. "`The equal protection clause does not mandate absolute equality of treatment but merely prescribes that, absent a fundamental interest or suspect classification, a legislative classification be rationally related to a legitimate...

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