People v Grimes
2026 NY Slip Op 01677
Decided on March 20, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on March 20, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, GREENWOOD, NOWAK, AND HANNAH, JJ.

198 KA 25-00302

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

DANA R. GRIMES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.




RYAN JAMES MULDOON, AUBURN, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

BRITTANY GROME ANTONACCI, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.



Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Thomas G. Leone, J.), rendered November 21, 2024. The judgment convicted defendant upon a plea of guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts).

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Entered: March 20, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court