People v. Matthews ( 2021 )

People v Matthews (2021 NY Slip Op 05723)

People v Matthews

2021 NY Slip Op 05723

Decided on October 20, 2021

Appellate Division, Second 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 October 20, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
ROBERT J. MILLER
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY
ANGELA G. IANNACCI
DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.

2018-03295
(Ind. No. 5400/15)

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

v

Jermaine Matthews, appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Denise A. Corsí of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Jean M. Joyce of counsel; Darci Siegel on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Evelyn Laporte, J.), imposed August 23, 2017, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

DILLON, J.P., MILLER, CONNOLLY, IANNACCI and DOWLING, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Acting Clerk of the Court