Opinion
2015-02-11
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven CHAMBERS, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano of counsel; Kristen Lasak on the brief), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano of counsel; Kristen Lasak on the brief), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Aloise, J.), imposed August 16, 2012, 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, 267, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645; People v. Pressley, 116 A.D.3d 794, 983 N.Y.S.2d 322) and, thus, does not preclude review of his claim that his sentence was excessive. However, contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive( see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675). ENG, P.J., DILLON, AUSTIN, SGROI and MALTESE, JJ., concur.