People v Murtha, 2023 NY Slip Op 04944 [220 AD3d 428]

October 3, 2023

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Phillip Murtha, 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 3, 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. Concur—Kern, J.P., Moulton, Mendez, Higgitt, O’Neill Levy, JJ..