

People v Merritt (2018 NY Slip Op 00896)





People v Merritt


2018 NY Slip Op 00896


Decided on February 8, 2018


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 February 8, 2018

Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Andrias, Kapnick, Moulton, JJ.


5642 3668/14

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent, 
vJustin Merritt, Defendant-Appellant.


Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Heidi Bota of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin 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 (Gregory Carro, J.), rendered October 21, 2015,
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: FEBRUARY 8, 2018
CLERK
Counsel for appellant is referred to
§ 606.5, Rules of the Appellate
Division, First Department.


