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People v. Diaz

238 A.D.2d 214 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1997-04-17 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Raul Diaz, Appellant.
[656 NYS2d 859]

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Barrett, J.), rendered May 27, 1994, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of manslaugh

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ter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of 121/2 to 25 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes that the Miranda warnings read to defendant conveyed the requisite information (see, People v Sirno, 151 AD2d 621 , 623, affd 76 NY2d 967 ) and that defendant understood the immediate import of the Miranda warnings read to him (People v Williams, 62 NY2d 285 ). We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.

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