People v. Leipzig

May 3, 1965
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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‍County, rendered January 28, 1964 on bis plea of guilty, convicting him of grand larceny in the first degree and sentencing ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‍him to serve a term of 3% years to 7 years. Judgment affirmed. In our opinion, the sentence was not excessive ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‍under the circumstances presented. We are also of the opinion that the consideration by the trial court of the probation ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‍report, without affording defendant an opportunity to rebut its contents, was not a violation of defendant‘s constitutional rights (Williams v. New York, 337 U. S. ‍‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‍241). Beldoek, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Brennan and Hill, JJ., concur.