Opinion
03-15-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lenny BOVIAN, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel; Robert Ho on the memorandum), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel; Robert Ho on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gubbay, J.), imposed November 21, 2014, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 265, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645 ; People v. Rennick, 123 A.D.3d 1146, 997 N.Y.S.2d 637 ; People v. Reyes, 121 A.D.3d 820, 993 N.Y.S.2d 379 ; People v. Coleman, 116 A.D.3d 708, 982 N.Y.S.2d 784 ) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
ENG, P.J., LEVENTHAL, COHEN, LaSALLE and BARROS, JJ., concur.