Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Lee Rowell, Jr., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-12-27
Citations: 60 A.D.2d 657
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Lee Rowell, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 657–657

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Lee Rowell, Jr., Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Dutchess County, imposed May 26, 1977, upon resentence. Sentence affirmed. This court had previously reduced defendant's conviction of manslaughter in the first degree to a conviction of manslaughter in the second degree, vacated the prior sentence, and remanded the case to the County Court for resentence (People v Rowell, 56 AD2d 666). Defendant's contention, that the sentence which he received upon the resentencing, is excessive, is without merit. A sentencing court has broad discretion in this area. The imposition of an identical sentence upon resentencing for a conviction of a lesser degree of the crime of which a defendant was convicted is not prohibited where the resentencing court finds, as it did here, compelling reason therefor (see People v Hutchins, 48 AD2d 942). Margett, J. P., Damiani, Rabin and Shapiro, JJ., concur.