The record establishes that the court and counsel were under the misapprehension that the court was required to impose a sentence for the bail jumping conviction that was consecutive to the sentences for both the weapon possession and robbery convictions. However, Penal Law § 70.25 (2-c) provides that consecutive sentences are mandated (absent a mitigation finding) only when the bail jumping charge relates to the crime for which the defendant jumped bail, and when the...
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