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People v Taite (Maurice)
2019 NY Slip Op 51671(U) [65 Misc 3d 137(A)]
Decided on October 22, 2019
Appellate Term, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.


Decided on October 22, 2019
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Ling-Cohan, J.P., Gonzalez, J.
570067/18

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Maurice Taite, Defendant-Appellant.


Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Abena Darkeh, J.), rendered November 30, 2017, after a nonjury trial, convicting him of unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree, and imposing sentence.

Per Curiam.

Appeal from judgment of conviction (Abena Darkeh, J.), rendered November 30, 2017, dismissed, as academic.

Defendant's November 30, 2017 conviction for unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree (see Penal Law § 221.05) has been automatically "vacated and dismissed" and rendered "legally invalid," by operation of CPL 160.50(5), which became effective on August 28, 2019. Thus this appeal from said conviction must be dismissed as academic.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Decision Date: October 22, 2019