PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON (2024)

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

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven WASHINGTON, appellant.

2023–01089

Decided: October 02, 2024

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., PAUL WOOTEN, HELEN VOUTSINAS, LAURENCE L. LOVE, JJ.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Brian Perbix of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel; Noah Wilpon on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Michael J. Yavinsky, J.), imposed January 24, 2023, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675).

BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., WOOTEN, VOUTSINAS and LOVE, JJ., concur.

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