People v. Rivera

People v Rivera (2025 NY Slip Op 07105)

People v Rivera

2025 NY Slip Op 07105

Decided on December 18, 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: December 18, 2025
Before: Kern, J.P., Scarpulla, Friedman, Shulman, Rosado, JJ.
Ind. No. 72395/23|Appeal No. 5432|Case No. 2024-02415|

Jenay Nurse Guilford, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Maya S. Stevenson of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Joshua P. Weiss of counsel), for respondent.

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laurence E. Busching, J.), rendered April 09, 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: December 18, 2025

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