People v Blanks
2026 NY Slip Op 02461
April 23, 2026
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Derwin Blanks, Defendant-Appellant.
Decided and Entered: April 23, 2026
Ind No. 527/20|Appeal No. 6448|Case No. 2022-03019|
Before: Scarpulla, J.P., Friedman, Gesmer, Shulman, Chan, JJ.
The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York (Elizabeth Batkin of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Andrew John Loizides of counsel), for respondent.
An appeal having been taken to this Court by the above-named appellant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Marsha D. Michael, J.), rendered May 31, 2022,
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.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: April 23, 2026
Counsel for appellant is referred to § 606.5, Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department.