People v. Ward

2026 NY Slip Op 00156
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedJanuary 14, 2026
DocketInd. No. 76409/22
StatusPublished

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People v. Ward, 2026 NY Slip Op 00156 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2026).

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People v Ward (2026 NY Slip Op 00156)
People v Ward
2026 NY Slip Op 00156
Decided on January 14, 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 January 14, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
PAUL WOOTEN
LILLIAN WAN
DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ.

2024-00325
(Ind. No. 76409/22)

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

v

Michael Ward, appellant.


Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Anna Jouravleva of counsel; John Paraskevopoulos on the memorandum), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Jean M. Joyce of counsel; Ruth Reid on the memorandum), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heidi Cesare, J., at plea; Phyllis Chu, J., at sentence), imposed January 5, 2024, upon his 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).

DILLON, J.P., WOOTEN, WAN and GOLIA, 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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