Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicholas Cosmo, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-01-29
Citations: 67 A.D.2d 734
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nicholas Cosmo, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 734–735

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nicholas Cosmo, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, imposed May 29, 1978, upon his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, on his plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate prison term of from two years to life. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a prison term of one year to life. As so modified, sentence affirmed. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Suozzi, J. P., Gulotta and Shapiro, JJ., concur.