People v. Torres , 2021 NY Slip Op 06777 ( 2021 )

People v Torres (2021 NY Slip Op 06777)

People v Torres

2021 NY Slip Op 06777

Decided on December 02, 2021

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: December 02, 2021
Before: Webber, J.P., Friedman, Oing, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.

Ind No. 1123/18 Appeal No. 14721 Case No. 2019-04594

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

v

Luis E. Torres, Defendant-Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (John L. Palmer of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Jennifer Westphal 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 (Ellen N. Biben, J.), rendered August 12, 2019,

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: December 2, 2021

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