Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hyman Paperman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-06-24
Citations: 19 A.D.2d 656
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hyman Paperman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 656–657

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hyman Paperman, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered October 19, 1962 upon his plea of guilty, convicting him of criminally buying and receiving stolen property as a misdemeanor, and sentencing him to serve one year in the New York City Penitentiary. Defendant is at liberty on a certificate of reasonable doubt. Judgment modified on the law and on the facts to the extent of suspending the execution of the sentence and placing the defendant on probation for a period of three years. As so modified, judgment affirmed. In our opinion, under all the circumstances here, the defendant, who is a first offender, is a proper subject for probation (cf. Penal Law, § 1308, 1937; Code Grim. Pro., § 933; People v. Zueherman, 5 N Y 2d 401; People ex rel. Goldberg v. Sheriff of Suffolk County, 206 Mise. 820; People v. Foote, 144 Mise. 134; People v. Silver, 10 A D 2d 274). Hill, Rabin and Hopkins, JJ., concur; Beldoek, P. J., and Klein-field, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum : On August 17, 1961 defendant was indicted for criminally buying and receiving stolen property as a felony, and for criminally concealing and withholding stolen and wrongfully acquired property, also as a felony. The subject matter of the theft was a trailer truck of considerable value. On May 14, 1962 the court exercised its discretion in accepting defendant's plea of guilty to criminally buying and receiving stolen property as a misdemeanor. On October 19, 1962 defendant was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Where (as here) the defendant has been charged with a felony and he has been given consideration by the acceptance of a plea of guilty to a misdemeanor, these facts, together with the facts disclosed by the Probation Department's presentenee investigation report, demonstrate that in this ease the sentence of one year in the penitentiary was a proper exercise of discretion on the part of the sentencing Judge and that such sentence should not be disturbed by an appellate court.