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- Title: People State New York v. James Suitte
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 22, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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[11] OPINION OF THE COURT The defendant has pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor. The sentence we review consists of 30 days of imprisonment and three years of probation, the jail time to be a condition of and to run concurrently with the period of probation. Execution of the sentence has been stayed pending this appeal. In the course of a typically eloquent opinion dissenting from our vote to affirm, Justice OConnor concludes that the custodial portion of the sentence is an abuse of discretion, castigates as futile the vast national emphasis upon incarceration as a means of punishment, [90 A.D.2d 80 Page 81]