PEOPLE v. LOPEZ DURAN (2025)

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York,

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joel LOPEZ-DURAN, Defendant-Appellant.

570110 /20

Decided: December 23, 2025

PRESENT: Brigantti, J.P., Perez, Alpert, JJ.

Judgment of conviction (Sheryl L. Parker, J.H.O.), rendered January 10, 2020, affirmed.

The Driver's License Suspension Reform Act, which amended Vehicle and Traffic Law § 510 (4-a) to remove the failure to pay a fine as a basis for the suspension of a driver's license, was enacted after defendant's conviction and does not mandate reversal of the judgment convicting defendant of facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle (see People v Castro, 223 AD3d 20, 23 [2023], lv denied 41 NY3d 964 [2024]; People v Pagan, 222 AD3d 440, 441 [2023], lv denied 41 NY3d 943 [2024]; People v Lopez, 84 Misc 3d 1, 2024 NY Slip Op 24152 [App Term, 1st Dept 2024], lv denied 42 NY3d 939 [2024]). Nor is defendant entitled to such relief in the interest of justice (see People v Urena, 80 Misc 3d 129[A], 2023 NY Slip Op 50981[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2023], lv denied 40 NY3d 1041 [2023]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

Per Curiam.

All concur.

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