People v. Ott

Mar 20, 2015
Versions:126 A.D.3d 1372
5 N.Y.S.3d 653
2015 NY Slip Op 02306

It is hereby ordered that the resentence so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: In 2006, defendant was convicted upon a jury verdict of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) and assault in the first degree (§ 120.10 [1]). We vacated the sentence imposed on the murder count and remitted the matter to County Court for resentencing on that count “‘[b]ecause of the discrepancy between the sentencing minutes and the certificate of conviction’ with respect to that count” (People v Ott, 83 AD3d 1495, 1497 [2011], lv denied 17 NY3d 808 [2011]). Following our remittal, the matter was transferred from County Court to Supreme Court, and defendant was resentenced. Defendant now appeals from the resentence.

Contrary to defendant‘s contention, Supreme Court did not err in failing to conduct a new sentencing proceeding on the murder count. Although, in general, a defendant upon being resentenced is entitled to a new sentencing proceeding at which the defendant and his attorney have the right to be present and to be heard regarding resentencing (see generally People v Green, 54 NY2d 878, 880 [1981]; People v Bibbs, 17 AD3d 170, 170 [2005]), the resentencing here concerned only a single count of the indictment, and its purpose was to correct a purely clerical error that had occurred when the minimum period of incarceration on that count was misrecorded in the certificate of conviction (see People v Reed, 85 AD3d 824, 824 [2011], lv denied 17 NY3d 861 [2011]; see generally People v Sparber, 10 NY3d 457, 472 [2008]). Thus, the “resentencing [wa]s limited to remedying this specific [clerical] error” (People v Lingle, 16 NY3d 621, 635 [2011]). Present—Smith, J.P., Centra, Carni and Sconiers, JJ.