People v. Villegas

Full title: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alexander Villegas…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 7, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 41 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

534 5310 16568A 1095 10910 16568

01-07-2016

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alexander Villegas, Defendant-Appellant.

Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Tomoeh Murakami Tse of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Diane N. Princ of counsel), for respondent.

Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Manzanet-Daniels, Kapnick, JJ.

Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Tomoeh Murakami Tse of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Diane N. Princ of counsel), for respondent.

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered July 27, 2011, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of three counts of criminal contempt in the first degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 2 to 8 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of directing that all sentences be served concurrently, resulting in a new an aggregate term of 1 to 4 years, and otherwise affirmed. We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JANUARY 7, 2016

CLERK