Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harold Schatz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-07-08
Citations: 45 A.D.2d 853
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harold Schatz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 853–853

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harold Schatz, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County, imposed March 20, 1973. Sentence reversed, on the law, and case remanded to the County Court for resentence in accordance with the views herein set forth. The sentence in this case is illegal and unauthorized. Under the Penal Law as it now reads, a sentence to a State penal institution cannot run concurrently with a previously imposed sentence to a Federal penitentiary (see Penal Law, § 70.25, 70.30, subd. 1).. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Martuscello, Latham, Shapiro and Cohalan, JJ., concur.