Opinion
2017-09406 Ind. No. 7027/16
02-19-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Aleksejs SAVELJEVS, Appellant.
Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Gamaliel Marrero of counsel; Luc B. Walkington on the brief), for respondent.
Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Laura Lieberman Cohen of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Gamaliel Marrero of counsel; Luc B. Walkington on the brief), for respondent.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, SHERI S. ROMAN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin P. Murphy, J.), rendered March 28, 2017, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Although the defendant has served his sentence, the question of whether the sentence imposed should be reduced is not academic, because the sentence imposed has potential immigration consequences (see People v. Juarez, 174 A.D.3d 822, 822, 102 N.Y.S.3d 878 ; People v. Broderick, 165 A.D.3d 972, 972, 83 N.Y.S.3d 915 ; People v. Ayala, 142 A.D.3d 1095, 1095, 37 N.Y.S.3d 712 ). Considering all of the relevant circumstances of this case, we conclude that the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
DILLON, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN, HINDS–RADIX and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.