People v. Hayes

2026 NY Slip Op 01224

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: March 4, 2026
• Docket: 2023-07504
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Hayes (2026 NY Slip Op 01224)

People v Hayes

2026 NY Slip Op 01224

Decided on March 4, 2026

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 March 4, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P.
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON
BARRY E. WARHIT
LOURDES M. VENTURA
SUSAN QUIRK, JJ.

2023-07504

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

v

Sidney B. Hayes, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 72454/23)

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Tammy E. Linn of counsel; Maris G. Medina on the memorandum), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle S. Fenn of counsel; Delorane Daley 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 (Mary L. Bejarano, J., at plea; Frances Y. Wang, J., at sentence), imposed July 28, 2023, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the period of postrelease supervision imposed as part of the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the period of postrelease supervision imposed as part of the sentence was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

CONNOLLY, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, WARHIT, VENTURA and QUIRK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court