

People v Nikaj (2019 NY Slip Op 00570)





People v Nikaj


2019 NY Slip Op 00570


Decided on January 29, 2019


Appellate Division, First Department


Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



Decided on January 29, 2019

Renwick, J.P., Richter, Mazzarelli, Webber, Kern, JJ.


8242 2574/15

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
vMartin Nikaj, Defendant-Appellant.


Christina A. Swarns, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Angie Louie of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Michael J. Yetter of counsel), for respondent.

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J. at plea; James M. Burke, J. at sentencing), rendered February 10, 2016,
Said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, 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.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: JANUARY 29, 2019
DEPUTY CLERK
Counsel for appellant is referred to
§ 606.5, Rules of the Appellate
Division, First Department.


