People v Alan L., 2023 NY Slip Op 00736 [213 AD3d 463]

February 9, 2023

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Alan L., Appellant.

Justine M. Luongo, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Heidi Bota of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Paul A. Andersen of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Villegas, J.), rendered August 11, 2017, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, adjudicating him a youthful offender, and sentencing him to a conditional discharge for a period of three years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the surcharge and fee imposed at sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.

Based on our own interest of justice powers and the People’s consent, we vacate the surcharge and fee imposed at sentencing ( see People v Chirinos , 190 AD3d 434 [1st Dept 2021]). Concur—Kern, J.P., Singh, Shulman, Pitt-Burke, Higgitt, JJ..