People v. Copes

People v Copes (2025 NY Slip Op 03945) People v Copes 2025 NY Slip Op 03945 Decided on June 27, 2025 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on June 27, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., SMITH, OGDEN, DELCONTE, AND KEANE, JJ. 584 KA 24-00493 [*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v JUNNELL COPES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. THOMAS L. PELYCH, HORNELL, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. BRITTANY GROME ANTONACCI, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Thomas G. Leone, J.), rendered March 30, 2023. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed. Entered: June 27, 2025 Ann Dillon Flynn Clerk of the Court