People v. Soto ( 2023 )

People v Soto (2023 NY Slip Op 00826)

People v Soto

2023 NY Slip Op 00826

Decided on February 14, 2023

Appellate Division, First Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: February 14, 2023
Before: Acosta, P.J., Webber, Friedman, Kennedy, Higgitt, JJ.

Ind. No. 3975/19 Appeal No. 17327 Case No. 2022-02298

[*1]The People of The State of New York, Respondent,

v

Andres Rojas Soto, Defendant-Appellant.

Joseph F. Defelice, Kew Gardens, for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Stacie Nadel of counsel), for respondent.

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J.), rendered May 02, 2022,

Said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, due deliberation having been had thereon, and finding the sentence not excessive,

It is unanimously ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same is hereby affirmed.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: February 14, 2023

Counsel for appellant is referred to § 606.5, Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department.