Opinion
107950.
03-23-2017
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Walter L. BLAIR, Appellant.
G. Scott Walling, Schenectady, for appellant. Kristy L. Sprague, District Attorney, Elizabethtown (James E. Martineau Jr. of counsel), for respondent.
G. Scott Walling, Schenectady, for appellant.
Kristy L. Sprague, District Attorney, Elizabethtown (James E. Martineau Jr. of counsel), for respondent.
Before: PETERS, P.J., GARRY, LYNCH, DEVINE and MULVEY, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Essex County (Meyer, J.), rendered August 21, 2014, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal contempt in the first degree.
Defendant pleaded guilty to criminal contempt in the first degree and waived his right to appeal. The plea agreement included a sentencing commitment by County Court of six months in jail and five years of probation. However, upon learning that defendant had been arrested on an additional charge, the court advised defendant that it would not abide by the sentence commitment, and afforded him an opportunity to withdraw his plea, which defendant declined. The court subsequently sentenced defendant to the maximum prison term of 1 ? to 4 years. Defendant appeals.
Defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to expunge from the presentence investigation report information that defendant claimed was improperly included, as well as relying on such impermissible information in imposing sentence. The record reflects that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal, which he does not challenge, was knowing, voluntary and intelligent. Accordingly, his challenge is precluded by the valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v. Joslin, 130 A.D.3d 1093, 1093–1094, 13 N.Y.S.3d 612 [2015], lv. denied 26 N.Y.3d 1009, 20 N.Y.S.3d 550, 42 N.E.3d 220 [2015] ; People v. Abdul, 112 A.D.3d 644, 645, 976 N.Y.S.2d 187 [2013], lv. denied 22 N.Y.3d 1136, 983 N.Y.S.2d 495, 6 N.E.3d 614 [2014] ).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.