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People v. Fisher

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 22, 2022
202 A.D.3d 599 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)

Opinion

15341 Ind. No. 2850/15 Case No. 2018-5343

02-22-2022

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Latisha FISHER, Defendant–Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Allison Haupt of counsel), for appellant. Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Jennifer Westphal of counsel), for respondent.


Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Allison Haupt of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Jennifer Westphal of counsel), for respondent.

Renwick, J.P., Kennedy, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Gregory Carro, J.), rendered November 20, 2017, as amended November 6, 2019, convicting defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing her to a term of 18 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the prison component of the sentence to a term of 14 years, and otherwise affirmed.

We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.


Summaries of

People v. Fisher

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 22, 2022
202 A.D.3d 599 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)
Case details for

People v. Fisher

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Latisha FISHER…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Feb 22, 2022

Citations

202 A.D.3d 599 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)
159 N.Y.S.3d 831

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