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People v. Kessner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 13, 1992
181 A.D.2d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

March 13, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Rossetti, J.

Present — Denman, P.J., Green, Pine, Lawton and Doerr, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: It was not error for the court to enhance defendant's sentence, without a hearing, beyond that originally negotiated in the plea agreement. At the plea proceeding the court conditioned its promised sentence upon the defendant "staying out of trouble" pending sentencing. While waiting to be sentenced, defendant was arrested for crimes involving a threatening telephone call to his former girlfriend, who had obtained an order of protection against him. Since defendant did not deny making the call and the contact was specifically prohibited by the protection order then in effect, a hearing was not necessary (see, People v Redman, 148 A.D.2d 966). Accordingly, the court was not bound by its promised sentence and was free to impose a greater sentence (see, People v Brooks, 154 A.D.2d 931; People v Caridi, 148 A.D.2d 625, 626). There is no merit to defendant's appeal from the court's order denying his motion to set aside the sentence pursuant to CPL 440.20. Defendant's remaining contentions lack merit.


Summaries of

People v. Kessner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 13, 1992
181 A.D.2d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Kessner

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SCOTT KESSNER…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 13, 1992

Citations

181 A.D.2d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
582 N.Y.S.2d 584

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