Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald Stokes, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-06-02
Citations: 121 A.D.2d 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronald Stokes, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 412–412

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronald Stokes, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered January 6, 1983, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed on the conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. As so modified, judgment affirmed, and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for resentencing on that conviction.
The sentence of 4½ to 12 years, which the sentence minutes indicate was imposed by Criminal Term on the defendant's conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, is not a permissible sentence for the defendant, a second felony offender convicted of a class B felony (see, Penal Law § 70.06). It is apparent from the record that the court may have misspoken in rendering this sentence and that it may have intended to impose the minimum sentence permitted, 4½ to 9 years. The order of commitment in fact states that such a sentence was imposed. In view of this discrepancy, we cannot determine what sentence the court intended and therefore the sentence in question must be vacated and the matter remitted to Criminal Term for resentencing on that charge (see, People v Ortiz, 116 AD2d 598; People v Aponte, 110 AD2d 901). Lazer, J. P., Bracken, Brown, Lawrence . and Kooper, JJ., concur.