Opinion
No. 2216.
December 18, 2007.
Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered February 8, 2006, resentencing defendant, upon his conviction, after a jury trial, of three counts of burglary in the first degree, to concurrent terms of 20 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentences to concurrent terms of 15 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Laura Burde of counsel), for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Marc Krupnick of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, Catterson and Malone, JJ.
The court's conclusion regarding defendant's role in the crimes was supported by the trial evidence. We find the sentences excessive to the extent indicated.