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IF A DEFENDANT IS NOT SENTENCED AS A PREDICATE FELON THE MINIMUM SENTENCE MUST BE ONE-THIRD OF THE MAXIMUM, NOT ONE-HALF AS IT WAS HERE, AN APPELLATE COURT CAN NOT LET AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE STAND (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department noted that, where a defendant is not sentenced as a predicate felon, the minimum sentence is one-third of the maximum, not one-half of the maximum:

We note, however, that the court imposed an illegal sentence of 3½ to 7 years’ imprisonment on defendant’s conviction for CPW in the third degree. Because defendant was not sentenced as a predicate felon, the minimum period of her indeterminate sentence on this conviction must be one-third of the maximum period, not one-half as fixed by the court (see Penal Law § 70.00 [3] [b]). “Although the issue is not raised by either party, we cannot allow an illegal sentence to stand” … . We therefore modify the judgment by reducing defendant’s sentence on that count to an indeterminate term of 2⅓ to 7 years’ imprisonment. People v Simpson, 2019 NY Slip Op 04538, Fourth Dept 6-7-19

 

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