People v. Powell

People v Powell (2021 NY Slip Op 06376)

People v Powell

2021 NY Slip Op 06376

Decided on November 17, 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 November 17, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON
LARA J. GENOVESI, JJ.

2019-03286
(Ind. No. 18-00229)

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

v

Paris Powell, appellant.

James D. Licata, New City, NY (Lois Cappelletti of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (Carrie A. Ciganek of counsel; Meghan E. Garvey on the brief), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (David S. Zuckerman, J., at plea; Larry J. Schwartz, J., at sentence), rendered February 11, 2019, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, under all of the attendant circumstances, including his lengthy criminal history and his failure to benefit from prior instances of sentencing leniency and substance abuse treatment, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

MASTRO, J.P., HINDS-RADIX, BRATHWAITE NELSON and GENOVESI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Acting Clerk of the Court