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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Nos. 5810/07, 3947.

87 A.D.3d 229 (2011)

926 N.Y.S.2d 43

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LEDARRIUS WRIGHT, Appellant.

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

Decided June 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Barbara Zolot of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Christopher P. Marinelli and Eleanor J. Ostrow of counsel), for respondent.

FRIEDMAN, RENWICK and ABDUS-SALAAM, JJ., concur with CATTERSON, J.; TOM, J.P., dissents in part in a separate opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CATTERSON, J.

In his appeal from convictions for first-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the defendant claims that the court erred in imposing consecutive sentences because he acted with singular intent during one criminal transaction. However, recent Court of Appeals decisions reiterate that the test for determining the legality of consecutive sentences is "not whether the criminal intent is one and the...

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