THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. SON STRONG DEFENDANT APPELLANT APPEAL NO (2025)

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. J'SON STRONG, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)

801 Decided: November 21, 2025

PRESENT: MONTOUR, J.P., SMITH, GREENWOOD, NOWAK, AND KEANE, JJ.

JULIE CIANCA, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (JONATHAN GARVIN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. SANDRA DOORLEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (MERIDETH H. SMITH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: In appeal Nos. 1 and 2, defendant appeals from two judgments, each convicting him, upon his plea of guilty during a single plea proceeding, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03 [3]). As defendant contends, and the People correctly concede, defendant's waivers of the right to appeal are invalid (see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 564-566 [2019], cert denied — US —, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]; People v Motell, 229 AD3d 1330, 1330-1331 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 43 NY3d 931 [2025]). Contrary to defendant's contention, however, his sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

Entered: November 21, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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