THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. JULSEAN THOMPSON (2026)

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JULSEAN THOMPSON, Defendant–Appellant.

Ind. No. 72577 /22

Decided: April 28, 2026

Kennedy, J.P., Kapnick, Rodriguez, Michael, Hagler, JJ.

The Legal Aid Society, New York (Clara Hammond–Oakley of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Robert Butlien of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell T. Wiley, J.), rendered July 26, 2023, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of custodial interference in the first degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a term of two to four years of imprisonment, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence of imprisonment to a term of 1

to 3 years, and otherwise affirmed.

We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.

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