| People v McPherson |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 00043 [135 AD3d 446] |
| January 7, 2016 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v E.J. McPherson, Appellant. |
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Heidi Bota of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Larry Stephens, J.), rendered April 23, 2014, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to a term of five years' probation, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of three years' probation, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur—Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Manzanet-Daniels and Kapnick, JJ.