Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Howard D. Attell, Also Known as Howard Wattel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-07-03
Citations: 64 A.D.2d 611
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Howard D. Attell, Also Known as Howard Wattel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Howard D. Attell, Also Known as Howard Wattel, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County, imposed March 21, 1978, upon his conviction of robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate term of imprisonment with a maximum of four years. Sentence modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing it to a five-year period of probation and case remitted to the Criminal Term to fix the conditions of probation. The sentence was excessive to the extent indicated herein. Mollen, P. J., Hopkins, Martuscello and Latham, JJ., concur.