2026 NY Slip Op 01923 [247 AD3d 683]
March 31, 2026
Appellate Division, First 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
Peterson Merant, Appellant.
March 31, 2026
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Ji Hyun Rhim of counsel), for appellant.
Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Max Burnstein 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 (Curtis J. Farber, J.), rendered April 17, 2023, 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., Kennedy, Rodriguez, Michael, Chan, JJ.