Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nadine Johnson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-06-09
Citations: 205 A.D.2d 344
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nadine Johnson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 205
Pages: 344–344

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nadine Johnson, Appellant.
[613 NYS2d 160]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), rendered July 14, 1992, convicting defendant, upon a plea of guilty, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing her to a term of 6 to 18 years, unanimously modified, on the law, the facts and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to 4 to 12 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Here, where defendant was diagnosed as a battered woman, was the victim of violent abuse both by decedent and for her entire life prior, has a minimal criminal history, and is the mother of five children, we find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Ross, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.