Court Opinion

ID: 5247437
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-06 18:03:38.410688+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:27:53.348330
License: Public Domain

Jenks, P. J. (dissenting):
The proof is sufficient to justify the verdict, and there are no erroneous rulings. But Mr. Justice Blaekmar and I think that there should be a new trial, because the sentence is so excessive as to justify the exercise of the power declared by this court in its Third Department in People v. Miles (173 App. Div. 179). The defendant, aged seventeen years, a first offender, received the highest sentence possible under the law, despite a recommendation of mercy from the jury. If the question of power were one of first impression, we would not be clear of its existence. We think that question should be determined by the Court of Appeals. Blaekmar, J., concurred. _