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Sentencing a Defendant with a Prior Felony Conviction as a First-Time Felon Is Illegal

The Fourth Department determined that sentencing a defendant with a prior felony conviction as a first-time felon is illegal:

…[T]he proper sentencing procedures pursuant to CPL 400.21 were not followed and thus that the sentence may be illegal. County Court sentenced defendant as a first felony offender, but, ” [w]hen it became apparent at sentencing that defendant had a prior felony conviction, the People were required to file a second felony offender statement in accordance with CPL 400.21 and, if appropriate, the court was then required to sentence defendant as a second felony offender’ ” … . “[I]t is illegal to sentence a known predicate felon as a first offender” (id. [internal quotation marks omitted]) and, inasmuch as we cannot allow an illegal sentence to stand, we modify the judgment by vacating the sentence imposed and we remit the matter to County Court for the filing of a predicate felony offender statement and resentencing in accordance with the law … . People v johnson, 2015 NY Slip Op 00062, 4th Dept 1-2-15

 

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