| People v Ward |
| 2026 NY Slip Op 00156 [245 AD3d 742] |
| January 14, 2026 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Michael Ward, Appellant. |
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Anna Jouravleva of counsel; John Paraskevopoulos on the memorandum), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Jean M. Joyce of counsel; Ruth Reid on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heidi Cesare, J., at plea; Phyllis Chu, J., at sentence), imposed January 5, 2024, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Dillon, J.P., Wooten, Wan and Golia, JJ., concur.