Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Clinton Parks, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-09-14
Citations: 186 A.D.2d 158
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Clinton Parks, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Clinton Parks, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Suffolk County (Vaughn, J.), imposed September 25, 1990, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, the sentence being an indeterminate term of 8-16 to 25 years imprisonment.
Ordered that the sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment to 5 to 15 years; as so modified, the sentence is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, we find the original sentence excessive to the extent indicated (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Mangano, P. J., Harwood, Rosenblatt, Ritter and Santucci, JJ., concur.