People v Cooks, 2023 NY Slip Op 05270 [220 AD3d 886]

October 18, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Jamel Cooks, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Anna Jouravleva of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle M. O’Boyle of counsel; Gianna Gambino on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Michael Aloise, J., at plea; Toni M. Cimino, J., at sentence), imposed January 25, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Duffy, J.P., Maltese, Warhit and Ventura, JJ., concur..