People v Lawton, 2021 NY Slip Op 06191 [199 AD3d 833]

November 10, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

James Lawton, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Erica Horwitz of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Avshalom Yotam of counsel; Joshua Spector on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jane Tully, J.), imposed July 17, 2019, 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]). Dillon, J.P., Miller, Connolly, Iannacci and Dowling, JJ., concur..