| People v Castillo |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 07511 [176 AD3d 539] |
| October 17, 2019 |
| 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 Elmer Castillo, Appellant. |
Christina Swarns, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Margaret E. Knight of counsel), and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York (Akash M. Toprani of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Clara H. Salzberg of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin Marcus, J.), rendered June 8, 2018, resentencing defendant to a term of 15 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to 14 years, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Gische, Webber, Moulton, JJ. [Prior Case History: 60 Misc 3d 297.]