People v. Jaaber

People v Jaaber (2024 NY Slip Op 00086) People v Jaaber 2024 NY Slip Op 00086 Decided on January 10, 2024 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 January 10, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P. ROBERT J. MILLER LARA J. GENOVESI DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ. 2020-02460 2020-02461 [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Jallah Jaaber, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 2542/18, 1535/19) Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Alice R. B. Cullina of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle M. O'Boyle of counsel; Gianna Gambino on the brief), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeals by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County (John F. Zoll, J.), both rendered January 31, 2020, convicting him of grand larceny in the fourth degree under Indictment No. 2542/18, and robbery in the third degree under Indictment No. 1535/19, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences. ORDERED that the judgments are modified, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by vacating the imposition of mandatory surcharges and fees; as so modified, the judgments are affirmed. As consented to by the People, and pursuant to the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction, we modify the judgments by vacating the surcharges and fees imposed on the defendant at sentencing (see CPL 420.35[2-a][c]; People v Johnson, 193 AD3d 1076, 1077). CONNOLLY, J.P., MILLER, GENOVESI and DOWLING, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Acting Clerk of the Court