People v Cofield

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People v Cofield 2023 NY Slip Op 05512 Decided on November 1, 2023 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 1, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P.
ROBERT J. MILLER
LARA J. GENOVESI
JANICE A. TAYLOR
LAURENCE L. LOVE, JJ.
2022-05219
(Ind. No. 70903/21)

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

v

Israel Cofield, appellant.



Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Russ Altman-Merino of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Charles Pollak of counsel; Miles Palminteri on the memorandum), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Michael J. Yavinsky, J.), imposed June 29, 2022, 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).

BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., MILLER, GENOVESI, TAYLOR and LOVE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court



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