People v. Sewell

2026 NY Slip Op 01233
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedMarch 4, 2026
DocketInd. No. 71318/24
StatusPublished

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People v. Sewell, 2026 NY Slip Op 01233 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2026).

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People v Sewell (2026 NY Slip Op 01233)
People v Sewell
2026 NY Slip Op 01233
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.

2025-09721
(Ind. No. 71318/24)

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

v

Ayanna Sewell, appellant.


John R. Lewis, Sleepy Hollow, NY, for appellant.

Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (James A. Dolan of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Rockland County (Kevin F. Russo, J.), imposed July 9, 2025, upon her plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The sentence imposed 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



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Related

People v. Suitte
90 A.D.2d 80 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1982)

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