Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marquise T. Douglas, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-08-07
Citations: 109 A.D.3d 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marquise T. Douglas, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 109
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marquise T. Douglas, Appellant.
[969 NYS2d 922]

Opinion:
— Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Suffolk County (J. Doyle, J.), imposed January 13, 2012, and an amended sentence of the same court imposed January 27, 2012, on the ground that the sentence and the amended sentence were excessive.
Ordered that the appeal from the sentence is dismissed, as that sentence was superseded by the amended sentence; and it is further,
Ordered that the amended sentence is affirmed.
Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant's claim that the amended sentence was excessive need not be preserved for appellate review. Our power to review a sentence as harsh or excessive stems not from our power to review questions of law (see CPL 470.15 [1]), but from our interest of justice jurisdiction (see NY Const, art VI, § 30; CPL 470.15 [3] [c]; [6] [b]; People v Andreu, 103 AD3d 661, 661 [2013]; People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80, 85-86 [1982]). Nevertheless, the amended sentence was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, PJ., Mastro, Dickerson, Lott and Miller, JJ., concur.