People v. Cruz , 146 A.D.3d 534 ( 2017 )

People v Cruz (2017 NY Slip Op 00252)

People v Cruz

2017 NY Slip Op 00252

Decided on January 12, 2017

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 on January 12, 2017
Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Mazzarelli, Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman, JJ.

2746 1683/14

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

v

Christopher Cruz, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Eve Kessler of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Hope Korenstein 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 (Daniel Fitzgerald, J. at plea; Richard D. Carruthers, J. at sentencing), rendered September 24, 2014,

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.

ENTERED: JANUARY 12, 2017

CLERK

Counsel for appellant is referred to

§ 606.5, Rules of the Appellate

Division, First Department.