Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis Pagan, Also Known as Chino, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-05-18
Citations: 193 A.D.2d 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Luis Pagan, Also Known as Chino, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 193
Pages: 508–508

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Luis Pagan, Also Known as Chino, Appellant.
[598 NYS2d 1]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered October 24, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of 3 to 9 years for the manslaughter, 7 to 14 years for the weapon possession and 10 to 20 years for the use of a firearm, unanimously modified, on the law, with respect to the weapon possession only, to reduce the sentence thereon to 4% to 14 years, and as so modified, affirmed.
Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03), an armed felony by definition (CPL 1.20 [41]; People v Fox, 123 AD2d 642, lv denied 68 NY2d 1000), is categorized as a class C violent felony offense (Penal Law § 70.02 [1] [b]). As such, the maximum term of an indeterminate sentence may be up to 15 years (§ 70.02 [3]), and the minimum period of imprisonment must be fixed at one-third the maximum term imposed (§ 70.02 [4]; People v Esteves, 163 AD2d 413, 415, lv denied 80 NY2d 830; People v Fox, supra). Accordingly, the concurrent sentence on this charge must be reduced, as a matter of law, to 4% to 14 years, and the People so concede.
We have examined defendant's other challenges to the sentences imposed and find them without merit. Concur— Carro, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Rubin, JJ.