People v. Ballard

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Ansar F. Ballard…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Dec 2, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 8851 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2014-11225 2014-11388

12-02-2015

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Ansar F. Ballard, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 287/11; Ind. No. 85/14)

Gaitman & Russo, Hempstead, N.Y. (Steven J. Gaitman and John S. Campo of counsel), for appellant. William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Kirsten A. Rappleyea of counsel), for respondent.

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

JEFFREY A. COHEN

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

Gaitman & Russo, Hempstead, N.Y. (Steven J. Gaitman and John S. Campo of counsel), for appellant.

William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Kirsten A. Rappleyea of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from two sentences of the County Court, Dutchess County (Greller, J.), both imposed October 28, 2014, upon his convictions of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree under S.C.I. No. 287/11, and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree under Indictment No. 85/14, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.

ORDERED that the sentences are affirmed.

The sentences imposed were not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, COHEN and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court