People v. Rahkeem S.

<div>People v Rahkeem S. - 2026 NY Slip Op 02422

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>People v Rahkeem S.</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 02422</p> <p>April 22, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Second Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>The People of the State of New York, respondent,</p> <p>v</p> <p>Rahkeem S. (Anonymous), appellant.</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 22, 2026</p> <p>2018-05323, (Ind. No. 8716/14)</p> <p>Colleen D. Duffy, J.P.</p> <p>Deborah A. Dowling</p> <p>Janice A. Taylor</p> <p>Laurence L. Love, JJ.</p> <div> <p>Twyla Carter, New York, NY (Mimi Lei of counsel), for appellant.</p> <p>Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Daniel Berman of counsel), for respondent.</p> </div> <span>[*1]</span> <p>DECISION &amp; ORDER</p> <p>Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Betty J. Williams, J., at plea; Matthew D'Emic, J., at sentence), rendered January 11, 2018, adjudicating him a youthful offender, upon his plea of guilty to attempted robbery in the second degree, and imposing sentence.</p> <p>ORDERED that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the imposition of a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.</p> <p>The mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee imposed upon the defendant (<i>see</i> former Penal Law § 60.35[10]) must be vacated in light of the retroactive application of amendments repealing the imposition of mandatory surcharges and crime victim assistance fees for youthful offenders (<i>see</i> L 2020, ch 144, §§ 3, 4; <i>People v Kahrone H.</i>, 204 AD3d 693, 694).</p> <p>DUFFY, J.P., DOWLING, TAYLOR and LOVE, JJ., concur.</p> <p>ENTER:</p> <p>Darrell M. Joseph</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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