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PENNSYLVANIA CRIME IS NOT THE EQUIVALENT OF A NEW YORK FELONY; DEFENDANT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SENTENCED AS A SECOND FELONY OFFENDER (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, vacating the sentence, determined the Pennsylvania crime of receiving stolen property (a firearm) was not the equivalent of a New York felony. Therefore defendant should not have been sentenced as a second felony offender:

We agree with defendant and the People correctly concede that defendant was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender inasmuch as the predicate conviction, i.e., the Pennsylvania crime of receiving stolen property (a firearm) (18 Pa Cons Stat §§ 3903 [a] [3]; 3925) is not the equivalent of the New York felony of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree … . Upon our review of Pennsylvania statutory and case law, the operability of a firearm is not an element of the Pennsylvania offense, whereas it is a required element of the New York offense … . People v Huntress, 2020 NY Slip Op 01778, Fourth Dept 3-13-20

 

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