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People v. ScottPeople v. Scott

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Dec 27, 2017
2015-03222
Versions:156 A.D.3d 913
65 N.Y.S.3d 803
2017 NY Slip Op 09174
2017 NY Slip Op 9174

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.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

SHERI S. ROMAN

HECTOR D. LASALLE

LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Richard Joselson of counsel), for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Jonathan A. Popolow of counsel), for respondent (no brief filed).

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from an amended sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brennan, J.), imposed April 7, 2014, revoking a sentence of probation previously imposed by the same court (Walsh, J.), upon a finding that she violated conditions thereof, upon her admission, and imposing a definite term of one year of imprisonment upon her previous conviction of assault in the second degree, on the ground that the amended sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the amended sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment from one year to 364 days.

Although the defendant has served her amended sentence, the question of whether the amended sentence imposed should be reduced is not academic, because the one-year term may have potential immigration consequences (see People v Ayala, 142 AD3d 1095; People v Aisewomhonio, 131 AD3d 1177). Considering all of the relevant circumstances of this case, including the potential immigration consequences to the defendant, we conclude that her amended sentence should be reduced by one day (see People v Williams, 137 AD3d 429; People v Aisewomhonio, 131 AD3d 1177; People v Weston, 98 AD3d 1066; People v Bakare, 280 AD2d 679; People v Cuaran, 261 AD2d 169).

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, ROMAN, LASALLE and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Scott
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Dec 27, 2017
Citations: 156 A.D.3d 913; 65 N.Y.S.3d 803; 2017 NY Slip Op 09174; 2017 NY Slip Op 9174; 2015-03222
Docket Number: 2015-03222
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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