Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Antonio Humphries, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-11-07
Citations: 144 A.D.2d 385
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Antonio Humphries, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 385–386

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Antonio Humphries, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from two resentences of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Maraño, J.), both imposed August 19, 1983, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree under indictment No. 3952/82 and attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree under indictment No. 3656/80, upon his pleas of guilty, the resentences being two concurrent indeterminate terms of 2 Vi to 5 years' imprisonment.
Ordered that the resentences are reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a hearing and determination regarding the defendant's status as a second violent felony offender and for resentencing.
Before the imposition of the resentences herein, the defendant challenged the validity of his prior felony conviction on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. As conceded by the People, the defendant's allegation constitutes a constitutional challenge. Such a challenge may be raised for the first time even at a second violent felony offender hearing. Thus, an evidentiary hearing is warranted (see, People v Ordine, 130 AD2d 518, 519; CPL 400.15 [7] [b]). Mollen, P. J., Bracken, Weinstein and Harwood, JJ., concur.