Opinion
1760
October 7, 2003.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), rendered June 25, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of one count of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 10 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to reduce the sentence to a term of 7 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Jeffrey W. Davis, for respondent.
Salina M. Kanai, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Saxe, J.P., Sullivan, Williams, Lerner, Friedman, JJ.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.