Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leslie Stewart, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-02-15
Citations: 269 A.D.2d 236
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leslie Stewart, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 236–237

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leslie Stewart, Appellant.
[702 NYS2d 814]

Opinion:
" — Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Perone, J.), rendered September 11, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 5 to 10 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Defendant's Grand Jury testimony was properly received in evidence at trial under the party-admissions exception to the hearsay rule (Prince, Richardson on Evidence § 8-201 [Farrell 11th ed]; People v Jones, 236 AD2d 217, lv denied 89 NY2d 1036).
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Ellerin and Saxe, JJ.