People v. Cooks

220 A.D.3d 886, 196 N.Y.S.3d 569, 2023 NY Slip Op 05270

Opinion

People v Cooks (2023 NY Slip Op 05270)

People v Cooks

2023 NY Slip Op 05270

Decided on October 18, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on October 18, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.
JOSEPH J. MALTESE
BARRY E. WARHIT
LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.

2022-00860
(Ind. No. 1032/18)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Jamel Cooks, appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Anna Jouravleva of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle M. O'Boyle of counsel; Gianna Gambino 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 Aloise, J., at plea; Toni M. Cimino, J., at sentence), imposed January 25, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

DUFFY, J.P., MALTESE, WARHIT and VENTURA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court