People v Stanton
2026 NY Slip Op 01537 [247 AD3d 1065]
March 18, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Kuwan Stanton, Appellant.
March 18, 2026
HEADNOTES
Crimes — Appeal — Preservation of Issue for Review
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Anders Nelson of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Jean M. Joyce, and Ann Bordley of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heidi C. Cesare, J.), rendered October 14, 2022, convicting him of criminal possession of a firearm, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Since the defendant abandoned his contentions before the Supreme Court that the offenses underlying the indictment are unconstitutional in light of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v Bruen (597 US 1 [2022]), these contentions are unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Stewart, 235 AD3d 910, 910 [2025]). In any event, the defendant's contentions are without merit (see People v Johnson, — NY3d —, —, 2025 NY Slip Op 06528, *2-3 [2025]). Iannacci, J.P., Dowling, Ventura and Golia, JJ., concur.