People v. Jammel G.

2023 NY Slip Op 02618

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: May 16, 2023
• Docket: Ind. No. 1653/17 Appeal No. 245 Case No. 2019-3561
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Jammel G. (2023 NY Slip Op 02618)

People v Jammel G.

2023 NY Slip Op 02618

Decided on May 16, 2023

Appellate Division, First 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 and Entered: May 16, 2023
Before: Kern, J.P., Friedman, Gesmer, Moulton, Rodriguez, JJ.

Ind. No. 1653/17 Appeal No. 245 Case No. 2019-3561

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

v

Jammel G., Defendant-Appellant.

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

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Oliver Lee of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (William I. Mogulescu, J.), rendered June 26, 2018, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, adjudicating him a youthful offender and sentencing him to three years' probation, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee imposed at sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.

Based on our own interest of justice powers, and with the People's consent, we

vacate the surcharge and fee imposed at sentencing (see People v Chirinos, 190 AD3d 434 [1st Dept 2021]).THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: May 16, 2023