Opinion
409 400254/14 30047/14.
03-03-2016
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leon RAY, Defendant–Appellant.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Ross D. Mazer of counsel), for respondent.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Ross D. Mazer of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered February 20, 2014, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the third degree, criminal mischief in the third degree and possession of burglar's tools (two counts), and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 2½ to 5 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence on the burglary conviction to a term of 2 to 4 years, resulting in a new aggregate term of 2 to 4 years, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. We do not find that defendant made a valid waiver of the right to appeal.
MAZZARELLI, J.P., SWEENY, MANZANET–DANIELS, GISCHE, JJ., concur.