Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hector Reyes, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-06-28
Citations: 141 A.D.2d 433
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Hector Reyes, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 141
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Hector Reyes, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Lee Price, J.), rendered July 15, 1987, convicting the defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal trespass in the second degree and sentencing him to a definite term of imprisonment of one year, affirmed.
The defendant was originally sentenced to a term of 10 months, and he moved to vacate the sentence since the maximum permissible was six months, pursuant to Penal Law § 70.15 (1). The prosecutor cross-moved to sentence the defendant as a second crime offender, which motion the court had originally denied. The cross motion was granted, and the defendant was sentenced to one year.
The dissent contends that vindictiveness played a part in the increase in the sentence. (See, North Carolina v Pearce, 395 US 711.) The point is misconceived. Once the second offender provision is invoked, the enhancement of sentence is proper. There is no constraint against it. (Cf., Matter of Kisloff v Covington, 141 AD2d 319.)
The defendant knew he could be subject to a second crime offender contention. (Cf., People v Green, 68 NY2d 151, 153.) Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Ross, Kassal and Smith, JJ.