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DEFENDANT IMPROPERLY SENTENCED AS A SECOND FELONY OFFENDER, ISSUE REVIEWED IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, vacating defendant’s sentence, determined defendant was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender. The issue was not preserved but was reviewed in the interest of justice:

The predicate felony statement filed by the People did not set forth the dates of the defendant’s incarceration since the commission of his prior felony in 1996, as required by CPL 400.21(2). Consequently, the People failed to establish a sufficient tolling period to qualify the defendant’s 1996 conviction as a predicate felony under Penal Law § 70.06(1)(b)(iv) and (v) … . People v Spencer, 2018 NY Slip Op 06574, Second Dept 10-3-18

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