Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Laura Yturrino, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-12-30
Citations: 125 A.D.2d 277
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Laura Yturrino, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 277–278

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Laura Yturrino, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered December 9, 1985, which convicted defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20), and sentenced her to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 3 Vs to 10 years, is unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, only to the extent of reducing the sentence to 2 to 6 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Upon the basis of our examination of the probation report, we find this defendant's sentence to be excessive, inasmuch as she was 19 years old at the time that the crime was commit ted, does not have a prior record, is the mother of an approximately three-year-old boy, and appears to us to possess the potential to be a productive and law-abiding member of society. Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Ross, Rosenberger and Ellerin, JJ.