Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

People v. Rivera

People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 22, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 03145
People v. Rivera

Opinion

People v Rivera (2025 NY Slip Op 03145)
People v Rivera
2025 NY Slip Op 03145
Decided on May 22, 2025
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided and Entered: May 22, 2025
Before: Kern, J.P., González, Rodriguez, Pitt-Burke, Higgitt, JJ.

SCI No. 74930/23|Appeal No. 4401|Case No. 2024-00857|

[*1]The People of The State of New York, Respondent,

v

Luis J. Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.




Jenay Nurse Guilford, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (David J. Klem of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Peter Rienzi of counsel), for respondent.



An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Laurie Peterson, J.), rendered January 25, 2024,

Said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, due deliberation having been had thereon, and finding the sentence not excessive,

It is unanimously ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same is hereby affirmed.

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

ENTERED: May 22, 2025

Counsel for appellant is referred to § 606.5, Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department.



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