People v Pope, 2023 NY Slip Op 06383 [222 AD3d 781]

December 13, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Kareem Pope, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Mariana Zelig of counsel; Lorrie A. Zinno on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (John Zoll, J.), imposed June 3, 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]). Barros, J.P., Chambers, Ford and Voutsinas, JJ., concur..