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THE PROOF DID NOT SUPPORT A FINDING THAT THE ASSAULT SECOND AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON THIRD CONVICTIONS WERE BASED ON SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ACTS, THEREFORE CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES WERE NOT WARRANTED; DEFENDANT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED A SECOND FELONY OFFENDER BASED ON A NEW JERSEY CONVICTION WHICH WAS NOT A FELONY IN NEW YORK (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, remitting the matter for resentencing, determined consecutive sentences were not supported by the proof and defendant should not have been adjudicated a second felony offender based upon a New Jersey conviction of burglary in the third degree which is not a felony under New York law:

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in imposing consecutive sentences upon his convictions of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree under count 7 of the indictment. Under Penal Law § 70.25(2), a sentence imposed “for two or more offenses committed through a single act or omission, or through an act or omission which in itself constituted one of the offenses and also was a material element of the other . . . must run concurrently” … . Further, “sentences imposed for two or more offenses may not run consecutively: (1) where a single act constitutes two offenses, or (2) where a single act constitutes one of the offenses and a material element of the other” (id. [internal quotation marks omitted]). Here, the defendant correctly argues, and the People correctly concede, that because there was no designation of the alleged dangerous instrument used in committing the offense of assault in the second degree, the People failed to establish that this count and the charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree under count 7 of the indictment were based upon separate and distinct acts … . Therefore, the court erred in sentencing the defendant to consecutive prison terms on the second-degree assault count and the criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree count with respect to his possession of pepper spray … .

Further, although the defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that he was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender, we consider this issue in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction (see CPL 470.15[6] … ). The defendant’s prior conviction of burglary in the third degree in New Jersey does not constitute a felony in New York for the purposes of enhanced sentencing … . People v Frank, 2024 NY Slip Op 05452, Second Dept 11-6-24

Practice Point: If the record does not demonstrated two convictions were based separate and distinct acts, consecutive sentences are not available.

Practice Point: The New Jersey “burglary third degree” offense is not a felony under New York law and cannot be the basis for second felony offender status.

 

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