Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Jesse Brabham, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-09-23
Citations: 15 N.Y.3d 841
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Jesse Brabham, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 841–844

Head Matter:
[935 NE2d 807, 909 NYS2d 15]
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Jesse Brabham, Respondent.
Decided September 23, 2010
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (Allen J. Vickey of counsel), for appellant.
Legal Aid Society, New York City (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), appeal dismissed upon the ground that the modification at the Appellate Division was not "on the law alone or upon the law and such facts which, but for the determination of law, would not have led to . . . modification" (CPL 450.90 [2] [a]). In view of the above, we have no occasion to comment on the dissent's position that Penal Law § 70.25 (2-c) mandates that the Appellate Division delineate its reasons for modifying the sentence.
Concur: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read and Jones. Judge Pigott dissents in an opinion in which Judge Smith concurs.