People v. Black (Bernard)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Bernard Black, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Dorothy Chin-Brandt, J.), imposed August 18, 2014, upon his conviction of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, upon his plea of guilty.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Defendant pleaded guilty to criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation (Penal Law § 121.11), arising from allegations that he had choked the complainant to unconsciousness. In accordance with…