[DOWNLOAD] "People State New York v. Winnie Jones" by Court of Appeals of New York # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Winnie Jones
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 08, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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[39 N.Y.2d 694 Page 696] Appellant, a millhand in a large-scale heroin packaging and distribution operation, was convicted after a jury trial of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree, a class A felony at the time of the offense on January 23, 1970. Under the mandatory provisions of section 70.00 of the Penal Law, she was sentenced to an indeterminate term of from 15 years to life imprisonment. Twelve other persons, arrested in connection with the same operation and initially charged with the same crime, were permitted under then existing law to plead to the lesser charges of attempted criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree, criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the third degree and attempted criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fourth degree. They received sentences of 8 1/3 to 25 years, 5 years and 3 years, respectively, depending on the crime to which they pleaded guilty.