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p. 930Second Department, May, 1973 (May 2, 1973) The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Brown, Appellant.
On the court’s own motion, its decision dated April 23, 1973 ( 41 A D 2d 850 ) is amended to delete therefrom the third paragraph audio substitute therefor the following: “ CPL 380.50 provides that, in addition to the statement which the court may make at the time of sentence, the court must ask the defendant whether he wishes to make a statement. The latter provision is mandatory (People v. Gilliam, 40 A D 2d 1036 ).” Hopkins, Acting P. J., Munder, Martuseello, Shapiro and Brennan, JJ., concur.