People v. Krennen
| Decision Date | 23 March 1934 |
| Citation | 190 N.E. 167,264 N.Y. 108 |
| Parties | PEOPLE v. KRENNEN. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
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Ralph Krennen, alias Thomas Maher, was convicted of robbery, third degree, and from judgment of the Appellate Division (240 App. Div. 967, 268 N. Y. S. 911), which affirmed judgment of the Court of General Sessions, he appeals.
Affirmed.
Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First department.
Lawrence Kovalsky and David Goldstein, both of New York City, for appellant.
William Copeland Dodge, Dist. Atty., of New York City (Irving Jay Tell, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.
Defendant was indicted for the crime of robbery in the first degree, which charged that he was armed with a loaded pistol.
He pleaded guilty of robbery third degree. Then, as appears by the clerk's minutes, ‘After taking testimony, the court adjudicates that the defendant was armed with a pistol during the commission of the crime.’
Because defendant was armed with a pistol during the commission of the crime, five to ten years were added to his sentence, under Penal Law (Consol. Laws, c. 40) § 1944.
The plea of guilty was of the same effect as a verdict of conviction by a jury. This amounted to a conviction of robbery while unarmed. Penal Law, § 2128.
On such a conviction the judge would consider the question of increased punishment before imposing sentence. The proper procedure is laid down in People v. Caruso, 249 N. Y. 302, 305, 164 N. E. 106, 108. ‘If in the act of committing any felony the defendant be armed with a dangerous weapon, his punishment is increased.’ ‘The convicted defendant, who was armed, must in every instance receive a prison sentence for the felony plus an additional term for carrying the weapon.’ People v. Procito, 261 N. Y. 376, 379, 185 N. E. 673, 674;Matter of Dodd v. Martin, 248 N. Y. 394, 162 N. E. 293.
After plea, the judge should conduct an inquiry and take testimony, if necessary, before passing sentence.
On the trial of the indictment for robbery, first degree, the people would have to prove the fact that defendant was armed with a dangerous weapon in order to establish the offense charged, but on a verdict or plea of robbery, third degree, the judge makes the necessary inquiry to determine whether the increased punishment should be inflicted. The fact that defendant was armed with a dangerous weapon during the commission of the crime is no part of the crime itself.
The judgment should be affirmed.
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