People v. Smith
Opinion
| People v Smith |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 06971 |
| Decided on December 16, 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 16, 2025
Before: Moulton, J.P., Kennedy, Mendez, Michael, Chan, JJ.
Ind. No. 256/21|Appeal No. 5382|Case No. 2022-04743|
v
Brandon Smith, Defendant-Appellant.
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Danielle A. Bernstein of counsel), for appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, (Albert Lorenzo, J.), rendered October 19, 2022, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of two years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the surcharge and fees imposed at sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.
Based on our own interest of justice powers, we vacate the surcharge and fees imposed on defendant at sentencing (see People v Cherif, 220 AD3d 543, 544 [1st Dept 2023], lv denied 40 NY3d 1079 [2023]; People v Chirinos, 190 AD3d 434 [1st Dept 2021]). We note that the People do not oppose this relief.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: December 16, 2025
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