Summary
This is an uncorrected slip opinion from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, decided on February 6, 2025. The court reviewed an appeal from a Bronx County Supreme Court judgment rendered in 2019 and found the defendant's sentence to be not excessive. Consequently, the appellate court unanimously affirmed the lower court's judgment.
Court
Appellate Division, First Department
Writing for the Court
Manzanet-Daniels, J.P.; Moulton, J.; Mendez, J.; Shulman, J.; Higgitt, J.J.
Jurisdiction
New York
Decision date
February 6, 2025
Docket number
Ind No. 795/19 Appeal No. 3638 Case No. 2020-02929
Procedural posture
Appeal from judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County
Precedential value
published
Parties
Raymundo R. Figueroa v. People of the State of New York
Disposition
affirmed
Topics
sentencingcriminal procedureappellate jurisdictionstandard of review
Practice areas
criminal law
Questions Presented
- Whether the sentence imposed by the trial court was excessive.
Holdings
- The sentence was not excessive; the judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County is affirmed.
Key quotations
“It is unanimously ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same is hereby affirmed.” (at 1)
Factual background
The defendant, Raymundo R. Figueroa, was sentenced by the Bronx County Supreme Court; the appellant contended that the sentence imposed was excessive.
Procedural history
The appellant appealed a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County rendered June 3, 2019, arguing that the sentence was excessive.
Court Document
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