Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Dabbs, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-02-20
Citations: 280 A.D.2d 611
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Charles Dabbs, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 280
Pages: 611–611

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Charles Dabbs, Appellant.
[720 NYS2d 826]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rosato, J.), rendered February 10, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and menacing in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
As properly conceded by the People, the bargained-for three-year determinate sentence imposed on the defendant's conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree under Penal Law § 265.02 (1) was illegal (see, Penal Law § 70.06 [3] [d]; § 60.05 [6]). Thus, since the defendant pleaded guilty with the understanding that he would receive a sentence which was illegal, the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, to give the defendant the option to withdraw his plea or receive a legal sentence (see, People v Ruiz, 226 AD2d 747; People v Ford, 143 AD2d 522). Ritter, J. P., Rrausman, Florio and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.