Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carlos Acevedo, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-08-07
Citations: 153 A.D.2d 565
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Carlos Acevedo, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 565–565

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Carlos Acevedo, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), imposed April 28, 1986, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, the sentence being an indeterminate term of from 5 to 15 years' imprisonment.
Ordered that the sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to an indeterminate term of from 3 to 9 years' imprisonment.
The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated. Mollen, P. J., Bracken, Brown and Rubin, JJ., concur.