Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the conviction of criminal contempt in the second degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
As the People correctly concede, the defendant's conviction of criminal contempt in the second degree must be vacated since that count is a lesser included offense of the crime of criminal contempt in the first degree (Penal Law...
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