People v. Arana

Decision Date21 October 2020
Docket Number2017–03303,Ind. No. 228/17
Citation131 N.Y.S.3d 240 (Mem),187 A.D.3d 1033
Parties The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Sherlock ARANA, appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Martin B. Sawyer of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Jie Gao of counsel), for respondent.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Barry Kron, J.), rendered March 1, 2017, convicting him of assault in the third degree as a hate crime (2 counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. By decision and order dated January 15, 2020, this Court remitted the matter to the Supreme Court, Queens County, to afford the defendant an opportunity to move to vacate his plea of guilty, and thereafter for the submission of a report by the Supreme Court on any such motion, and the appeal was held in abeyance in the interim (see People v. Arana, 179 A.D.3d 826, 113 N.Y.S.3d 893 ). The Supreme Court has filed its report.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

In a prior decision and order, this Court remitted the matter to the Supreme Court, Queens County, to afford the defendant an opportunity to move to vacate his plea of guilty based on the failure of the Supreme Court to advise the defendant of the possibility that he would be deported as a consequence of his plea (see People v. Arana, 179 A.D.3d 826, 113 N.Y.S.3d 893 ). At the hearing upon remittitur, defense counsel indicated that no such motion would be forthcoming. Therefore, since no other issue was raised in the defendant's brief on appeal warranting reversal, we affirm the judgment (see People v. El Hor, 173 A.D.3d 892, 100 N.Y.S.3d 538 ).

MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, DUFFY and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

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  • People v. Lopez-Alvarado
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • May 19, 2021
    ...of deportation, there is no basis to vacate the plea and to reverse the judgment of conviction on this ground (see People v. Arana, 187 A.D.3d 1033, 1034, 131 N.Y.S.3d 240 ; People v. Kostyk, 186 A.D.3d 744, 745, 127 N.Y.S.3d 290 ; People v. El Hor, 173 A.D.3d 892, 892–893, 100 N.Y.S.3d 538......
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    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • November 30, 2022
    ...the judgment of conviction on this ground (see People v. Lopez–Alvarado, 194 A.D.3d 961, 962, 144 N.Y.S.3d 380 ; People v. Arana, 187 A.D.3d 1033, 1034, 131 N.Y.S.3d 240 ; People v. Kostyk, 186 A.D.3d 744, 745, 127 N.Y.S.3d 290 ). Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not deprived ......
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    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • October 28, 2020

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