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- Title: People State New York v. Laurence W. Brown
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 23, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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[11] Defendant was sentenced to the minimum permissible sentence as a second felony offender (Penal Law, § 70.06) and thus the sentence imposed cannot be considered unduly harsh or excessive so as to constitute an abuse of discretion (see, e.g., People v. Dittmar, 41 A.D.2d 788). We find no merit in defendants contention that section 70.06 of the Penal Law is unconstitutional in that its minimum sentence requirement constitutes a harsh and excessive sentence and thus cruel [46 A.D.2d 255 Page 256]