| People v Rondon-Tavares |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 07228 [244 AD3d 629] |
| December 23, 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 John Rondon-Tavares, Appellant. |
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Steven Berko of counsel), for appellant.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Hornstein, J.), rendered November 15, 2019, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the surcharge and fees imposed at sentencing, and otherwise affirmed.
Based on our own interest of justice powers, we vacate the surcharge and fees imposed on defendant at sentencing (see People v Abreu, 211 AD3d 410, 411 [1st Dept 2022]; People v Chirinos, 190 AD3d 434 [1st Dept 2021]). We note that the People do not oppose this relief. Concur—Kennedy, J.P., Kapnick, Rodriguez, Michael, Hagler, JJ.