THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. DEMETRIUS HARVARD (2026)

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DEMETRIUS HARVARD, Defendant–Appellant.

Ind. No. 1234 /20

Decided: May 21, 2026

Kennedy, J.P., Scarpulla, Mendez, Rodriguez, Rosado, JJ.

Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Danielle A. Bernstein of counsel), for appellant.

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

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J.), rendered May 23, 2022, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal mischief in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 2

to 7 years and 1 to 3 years, respectively, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of having the terms run concurrently rather than consecutively, and otherwise affirmed.

We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.

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