Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. De Witt Groves and Gerald Frye, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-06-05
Citations: 28 A.D.2d 682
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. De Witt Groves and Gerald Frye, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 682–682

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. De Witt Groves and Gerald Frye, Appellants.

Opinion:
Christ, Rabin and Nolan, JJ., concur; Beldoek, P. J., and Benjamin, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgments, with the following memorandum: In our opinion, the statement by the trial court followed by the sentence imposed was tantamount to the imposition of an indeterminate sentence without comment from which a determination of reformability may reasonably be inferred. The statement at bar is distinguishable from that made in People v. Jemmott (26 A D 2d 937), which, in the opinion of the majority of this court, constituted a disclaimer of any finding of reformability.