People v. Murtha

2023 NY Slip Op 04944

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: October 3, 2023
• Docket: Ind. No. 0038/19, 0372/19 Appeal No. 667 Case No. 2020-00522
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Murtha (2023 NY Slip Op 04944)

People v Murtha

2023 NY Slip Op 04944

Decided on October 03, 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: October 03, 2023
Before: Kern, J.P., Moulton, Mendez, Higgitt, O'Neill Levy, JJ.

Ind. No. 0038/19, 0372/19 Appeal No. 667 Case No. 2020-00522

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

v

Phillip Murtha, Defendant-Appellant.

Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Kristina Schwarz of counsel), for appellant.

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

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Steven Statsinger, J.), rendered October 03, 2019,

Said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, due deliberation having been had thereon, and finding the sentence not excessive,

It is unanimously ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same is hereby affirmed.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: October 3, 2023

Counsel for appellant is referred to

§ 606.5, Rules of the Appellate Division,

First Department.