Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fred Rabinowitz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-02-09
Citations: 51 A.D.2d 752
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fred Rabinowitz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 752–753

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fred Rabinowitz, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 6, 1975, convicting him of attempted possession of a weapon, dangerous instrument and appliance, as a felony, upon his plea of guilty, and sentencing him to a one-year term of imprisonment in the New York City Correctional Institution. Judgment modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence to a five-year period of probation. As so modified, judgment affirmed. The case is remanded to the Supreme Court, Queens County, to fix the terms and conditions of probation and for proceedings to direct appellant to surrender himself to said court in order that execution of the judgment be commenced or resumed (CPL 460.50). The sentence was exces sive to the extent indicated herein. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Cohalan, Rabin, Shapiro and Titone, JJ., concur.