People v. Pope , 2023 NY Slip Op 06383 ( 2023 )

People v Pope (2023 NY Slip Op 06383)

People v Pope

2023 NY Slip Op 06383

Decided on December 13, 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 December 13, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
BETSY BARROS, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
WILLIAM G. FORD
HELEN VOUTSINAS, JJ.

2022-05618
(Ind. No. 71124/21)

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

v

Kareem Pope, appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Mariana Zelig of counsel; Lorrie A. Zinno 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 (John Zoll, J.), imposed June 3, 2022, 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).

BARROS, J.P., CHAMBERS, FORD and VOUTSINAS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court