Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Cecil, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-10-07
Citations: 19 A.D.2d 829
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Cecil, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 829–830

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Cecil, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 27, 1963 on his plea of guilty, convicting him of selling lottery tickets (Penal Law, § 1373) and sentencing him to serve six months in the New York City Penitentiary. Defendant contends that his sentence was excessive; he raises no other question.- Judgment modified on the facts by reducing defendant's sentence to the time already served. As so modified, the judgment affirmed, defendant discharged, and' bail exonerated. In our opinion, the sentence originally imposed constituted a proper exercise of discretion. However, in view of the defendant's severe physical illness, it is in the interests of substantial justice that the sentence be reduced to the time already served. Beldoek, P. J., Kleinfeld, Christ, Brennan and Rabin, JJ.,- concur.