People v. Binda

People v Binda (2018 NY Slip Op 03695) People v Binda 2018 NY Slip Op 03695 Decided on May 23, 2018 Appellate Division, Second 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 May 23, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. RUTH C. BALKIN SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ. 2015-09024 (Ind. No. 665/15) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Devaughn Binda, appellant. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (A. Alexander Donn of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel; Ruby D. Andrade on the brief), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin P. Murphy, J.), rendered August 19, 2015, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant youthful offender treatment (see CPL 720.20[1]; People v Green, 153 AD3d 1363; People v Gilliard, 150 AD3d 1147; People v Morse, 144 AD3d 710; People v Bae, 137 AD3d 804). Further, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Wagstaff, 73 AD3d 955; People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). MASTRO, J.P., BALKIN, HINDS-RADIX and IANNACCI, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court