PEOPLE v. CASAS (2024)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lazarus CASAS, Defendant–Appellant.

3115

Decided: November 26, 2024

Renwick, P.J., Moulton, Friedman, Kapnick, Kennedy, JJ.

Caprice R. Jenerson, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Victorien Wu of counsel), for appellant. Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Nathan Morgante of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Mandelbaum, J., at motion; Neil Ross, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered November 7, 2022, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 31/212 years to be followed by 21/212 years of postrelease supervision, unanimously affirmed.

We find that on the present record, defendant has not established that his prosecution and conviction are unconstitutional under New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 142 S.Ct. 2111, 213 L.Ed.2d 387 (2022), or that he would be entitled to vacatur of his conviction on that basis (see People v. Daniels, 224 A.D.3d 554, 203 N.Y.S.3d 600 [1st Dept. 2024], lv denied 41 N.Y.3d 982, 210 N.Y.S.3d 749, 234 N.E.3d 365 [2024]; People v. Seigniuos, 222 A.D.3d 413, 198 N.Y.S.3d 703 [1st Dept. 2023], lv denied 40 N.Y.3d 1094, 204 N.Y.S.3d 806, 228 N.E.3d 619 [2024]).

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