Court Opinion

ID: 5757179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:08:22.184821+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:26.948326
License: Public Domain

Judgment of conviction sentencing the defendant to the New York City Penitentiary, unanimously affirmed. In sentencing this defendant the court stated: “He’s a seriously disturbed individual with an apparent character disorder and there’s no possibility of any satisfactory community adjustment. I have no alternative except to commit him to the New York City Penitentiary.” We do not believe that this statement necessarily indicates that the defendant is not a proper subject for rehabilitation. Rather, it *504could mean that without such treatment there would be “no possibility of any satisfactory community adjustment.” In the circumstances the judgment must be affirmed.
Concur — Rabin, J. P., McNally, Stevens, Steuer and Witmer, JJ.