People v Matthews, 2024 NY Slip Op 03235 [228 AD3d 493]

June 13, 2024

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

William Matthews, Appellant.

Jenay Nurse Guilford, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Phoenix Rice-Johnson of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Rafael Curbelo of counsel), for respondent.

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Tara Collins, J.), rendered January 11, 2023, and said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties; and 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—Oing, J.P., Friedman, Scarpulla, Shulman, Higgitt, JJ..