People v Rivera, 2023 NY Slip Op 03807 [218 AD3d 614]

July 12, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Wilson Rivera, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Rebecca J. Gannon of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel; Rachel A. Cregier on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Richard L. Buchter, J.), imposed February 1, 2018, 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]). Connolly, J.P., Chambers, Miller, Dowling and Taylor, JJ., concur..