People v. Varela

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Rene Varela, appellant.

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

Date published: Nov 1, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 7622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

2016-03498

11-01-2017

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Rene Varela, appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (William B. Carney of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Merri Turk-Lasky of counsel), for respondent.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

L. PRISCILLA HALL SANDRA L. SGROI JOSEPH J. MALTESE FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. (Ind. No. 1058/15)

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (William B. Carney of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Merri Turk-Lasky of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Latella, J.), imposed September 8, 2015, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80).

ENG, P.J., HALL, SGROI, MALTESE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court