Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bentley Thompson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-06-07
Citations: 88 A.D.2d 939
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bentley Thompson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 939–940

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bentley Thompson, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Felig, J.), imposed January 3, 1980, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being a term of imprisonment with a minimum of 8 Vá years and a maximum of 25 years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a term of imprisonment with a minimum of 3Vs years and a maximum of 10 years. As so modified, sentence affirmed. Under the facts presented, the sentence was excessive to the extent indicated. Titone, J. P., Weinstein, O'Connor and Rubin, JJ., concur.