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- Title: People State New York v. Robert George Johnson
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 17, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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On January 16, 1973 defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree in full satisfaction of an indictment charging him with three counts of forgery in the second degree and three counts of petit larceny. In view of defendants history, he was sentenced to three years probation and was required to abstain from alcohol and to make restitution. At subsequent court proceedings initiated when defendant failed to comply with the conditions, he was ordered to support his family. On May 25, 1973 defendant was arrested pursuant to a bench warrant on a charge of having failed to report to his probation officer on May 23, 1973 or to contact him since that date. At a later hearing, defendant explained that he was unable to obtain transportation for the 35-mile trip and that he did not call the probation officer although there was a telephone available at his place of work. The court disbelieved defendants explanation and found him in violation of the terms of his probation. Thereupon he was sentenced to a one-year term in Otsego County Jail. Defendant contends that the proceedings below violated his constitutional rights to due process of law since the proof went beyond the charge in the [43 A.D.2d 878 Page 879]