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PEOPLE v. DICKENS

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Feb 14, 2000
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Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is granted, and the term of imprisonment imposed on the conviction of aggravated criminal contempt shall run concurrently with the terms of imprisonment impcised on the convictions of attempted assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

As the People correctly concede, the court erred in imposing a term of imprisonment for aggravated criminal contempt which was to run consecutively to the term of imprisonment imposed for attempted assault in the second degree. The intent to cause physical injury was a material element of both crimes, and the crimes arose out of a single incident ( see, People v. Laureano, 87 N.Y.2d 640, 643; People v. Williams, 261 A.D.2d 424; Penal Law ยง 70.25). The Supreme Court imposed concurrent terms of imprisonment on the convictions of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and attempted assault in the second degree ( see, e.g., People v. Hunt, 266 A.D.2d 475; People v. Lyde, 258 A.D.2d 669; People v. Reyes, 239 A.D.2d 524). Because the terms of imprisonment on the convictions of attempted assault in the second degree and aggravated criminal contempt must run concurrently, the People's contention that the term of imprisonment on the conviction of aggravated criminal contempt should run consecutively to the term of imprisonment on the conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree is without merit.