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THE SENTENCE FOR CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONCURRENT WITH THE SENTENCE FOR MURDER (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined the sentence for criminal possession of a weapon should not have been imposed consecutively to the sentence for murder:

… [T]he court erred in directing that the sentence imposed on count three of the indictment, charging criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree under Penal Law § 265.03 (3), run consecutively to the sentence imposed on count one, i.e., murder in the second degree. The People had the burden of establishing that the consecutive sentences were legal, i.e., that the crimes were committed through separate acts or omissions … , and they failed to meet that burden. The People failed to present evidence at trial that defendant’s act of possessing the loaded firearm ‘was separate and distinct from’ his act of shooting the victim … . People v Alligood, 2021 NY Slip Op 01628, Fourth Dept 3-19-21

 

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THE EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED RESPONDENT, WHO HAD ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT RESPONSIBLE... SENTENCE DEEMED UNDULY HARSH (FOURTH DEPT).