| People v Rivera |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 07105 [244 AD3d 599] |
| December 18, 2025 |
| 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 Israel Rivera, Appellant. |
Jenay Nurse Guilford, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Maya S. Stevenson of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Joshua P. Weiss of counsel), for respondent.
An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laurence E. Busching, J.), rendered April 9, 2024, said appeal having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, due deliberation having been had thereon, and finding the sentence not excessive, it is unanimously ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same is hereby affirmed. Concur—Kern, J.P., Scarpulla, Friedman, Shulman, Rosado, JJ.