Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Florence, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-06-17
Citations: 45 A.D.2d 743
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Florence, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 743–744

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Florence, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the County Court, Orange County, rendered February 13, 1973, committing him to an indeterminate prison term not to exceed five years, upon a conviction of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fifth degree, upon a guilty plea. Sentence reversed, on the law, and case remitted to the County Court for resentencing in accordance with the views herein set forth. Defendant was convicted of a class E felony and sentenced to a prison term with a five-year maximum. Section 70.00 (subd. 2, par. [e]) of the Penal Law, however, provides that the maximum term of an indeterminate sentence for a class E felony shall not exceed four years. Thus, the sentence imposed exceeds the statutory maximum. Accordingly, defendant must he resentenced. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Cohalan, Christ, Benjamin and Munder, JJ., concur.