People v. Santana
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Opinion
| People v Santana |
| 2024 NY Slip Op 05144 |
| Decided on October 17, 2024 |
| 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 17, 2024
Before: Renwick, P.J., Moulton, Friedman, Higgitt, Rosado, JJ.
Ind No. 3272N/19 Appeal No. 2848 Case No. 2021-00346
v
Carlos Santana, Defendant-Appellant.
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Mary-Kathryn Smith of counsel), for appellant.
Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Hunter Baehren of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Steven Statsinger, J.), rendered January 26, 2021, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to five years' probation, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of four years' probation, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: October 17, 2024
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