Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Frank Pechota, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-02-25
Citations: 240 N.Y. 574
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Frank Pechota, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Frank Pechota, Respondent.
(Argued February 2, 1925;
decided February 25, 1925.)
Crimes — murder in second degree — sentence.
People v. Pechota, 209 App. Div. 164, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 4, 1924, modifying a judgment, rendered at a Trial Term for the county of New York, upon a verdict con-. victing the defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree wherein the court sentenced the defendant to a “ minimum term of thirty years and not more than the offender’s natural life,” and ordering that he “ be re-sentenced to State Prison for a term the minimum of which shall be not less than twenty years and the maximum of which shall be the natural life of the defendant.”
Joab H. Banton, District Attorney (Felix C. Benvenga of counsel), for appellant.
Ely Rosenberg and A. Parker Kevin for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ. Absent: McLaughlin, J.