Criminal Law · MBE-tested

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leslie Stewart, Appellant

269 A.D.2d 236702 N.Y.S.2d 814·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·2000·NY

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Opinion

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leslie Stewart, Appellant. [702 NYS2d 814] [MAJORITY] ” — Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Perone, J.), rendered September 11, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 5 to 10 years, and otherwise affirmed. Defendant’s Grand Jury testimony was properly received in evidence at trial under the party-admissions exception to the hearsay rule (Prince, Richardson on Evidence § 8-201 [Farrell 11th ed]; People v Jones, 236 AD2d 217, lv denied 89 NY2d 1036). We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Ellerin and Saxe, JJ.