People v. Rivera , 2023 NY Slip Op 03807 ( 2023 )

People v Rivera (2023 NY Slip Op 03807)

People v Rivera

2023 NY Slip Op 03807

Decided on July 12, 2023

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 July 12, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
ROBERT J. MILLER
DEBORAH A. DOWLING
JANICE A. TAYLOR, JJ.

2018-02132
(Ind. No. 886/14)

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

v

Wilson Rivera, appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Rebecca J. Gannon of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel; Rachel A. Cregier on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Richard L. Buchter, J.), imposed February 1, 2018, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

CONNOLLY, J.P., CHAMBERS, MILLER, DOWLING and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Clerk of the Court