Court Opinion

ID: 5332629
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 05:20:50.34045+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:29:27.918350
License: Public Domain

Untermyer, J.
(dissenting). I dissent upon the ground that the Legislature, having made special provision by section 1897 of the Penal Law for the punishment of a previously convicted person possessing a dangerous weapon, could not have intended the general provisions of section 1941, relating to second offenses, to apply to the same offense. Although the court would have had power in the first instance to impose a sentence of seven years, it had no power to resentence the defendants after imposing a lawful sentence of three years. The sentence of seven years should, therefore, be vacated and the earlier sentence reinstated.