PEOPLE v. SCOTT

2015-03222. Ind. No. 9592/09.

156 A.D.3d 913 (2017)

65 N.Y.S.3d 803

2017 NY Slip Op 09174

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MELISSA SCOTT, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 27, 2017.


Ordered that the amended sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment from one year to 364 days.

Although the defendant has served her amended sentence, the question of whether the amended sentence imposed should be reduced is not academic, because the one-year term may have potential immigration consequences (see People v Ayala, 142 A.D.3d 1095 [2016]; ...

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