PEOPLE v. RUIZ

Ind. No. 2926/08. Appeal No. 15851. Case No. 2020-02950.

205 A.D.3d 430 (2022)

165 N.Y.S.3d 692

2022 NY Slip Op 02957

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alexandro Ruiz, Appellant.

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

Decided May 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Emily N. Gault of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Friedman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure (see People v Gillotti, 23 N.Y.3d 841 [2014]), and we find no basis to substitute our own discretion in this regard. The mitigating factors cited by defendant were adequately taken into account by the risk assessment instrument or were outweighed by the seriousness of the underlying crime and defendant's extensive criminal...

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