People v Cruz (2026 NY Slip Op 00587)
People v Cruz
2026 NY Slip Op 00587 [246 AD3d 439]
February 5, 2026
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 8, 2026


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Christian Cruz, Appellant.

Jenay Nurse Guilford, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Ben A. Schatz of counsel), and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York (Lilianna Rembar of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Bridget White of counsel), for respondent.

An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen N. Biben, J.), rendered November 13, 2019, 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—Moulton, J.P., Friedman, Higgitt, Rosado, O'Neill Levy, JJ.