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People v. Lemon

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 10, 1984
62 N.Y.2d 745 (N.Y. 1984)

Opinion

Decided May 10, 1984

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, Leon N. Armer, J.

Rose H. Sconiers, Joseph B. Mistrett and Michael C. Walsh for appellant.

Richard J. Arcara, District Attorney ( John J. DeFranks of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's contention that his sentence is illegal may not be reviewed on this appeal because the point has not been properly preserved. The defendant does not urge that the court exceeded the statutory limits of discretion when it imposed the consecutive minimum terms of imprisonment (see, e.g., People v Fuller, 57 N.Y.2d 152, 156). The only contention is that the court misunderstood the effect the minimum sentences would have upon the defendant's ability to obtain release on parole, and presumably would have exercised its discretion in a more lenient manner had the error been dispelled. The defendant, however, did not bring this point to the court's attention at the time of the sentence, or by way of a motion for resentence, and thus no error of law has been preserved for our review ( People v McGowen, 42 N.Y.2d 905).

We have considered defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 N.Y.CRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Lemon

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 10, 1984
62 N.Y.2d 745 (N.Y. 1984)
Case details for

People v. Lemon

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW LEMON…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 10, 1984

Citations

62 N.Y.2d 745 (N.Y. 1984)
476 N.Y.S.2d 824
465 N.E.2d 363

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