People v. Mercado (Ceasar)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Ceasar Mercado, Appellant.

New York City Legal Aid Society (Ronald Alfano of counsel), for appellant. Richmond County District Attorney (Morrie I. Kleinbart and Alexander Fumelli of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Richmond County (Eugene Schwartzwald, J.H.O., at suppression hearing; Raymond Rodriguez, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered November 2, 2015. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh…