PEOPLE v. COTTO

Ind. No. 1454/06. Appeal No. 15487. Case No. 2017-2161.

203 A.D.3d 492 (2022)

160 N.Y.S.3d 875

2022 NY Slip Op 01520

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Albert Cotto, Appellant.

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

Decided March 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Natalie Rea of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Julia L. Chariott of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, González, Shulman, Rodriguez, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion in declining to to defer defendant's SORA adjudication pending the outcome of an article 10 civil commitment proceeding (see e.g. People v Thomas, 179 A.D.3d 444, 445 [1st Dept 2020], lv denied 35 N.Y.3d 908 [2020]; People v Powell, 170 A.D.3d 413 [1st Dept 2019], lv denied 33 N.Y.3d 908 [2019]; see also People v Gordon, 147 A.D.3d 988 [2d Dept 2017], lv...

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