Opinion
12-23-2016
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Justin FARRARA, Defendant–Appellant.
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Robert L. Kemp of Counsel), for defendant-appellant. Michael J. Flaherty, Jr., Acting District Attorney, Buffalo (Ashley R. Lowry of Counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Thomas P. Franczyk, J.)rendered October 23, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of rape in the third degree (two counts).
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Robert L. Kemp of Counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Michael J. Flaherty, Jr., Acting District Attorney, Buffalo (Ashley R. Lowry of Counsel), for respondent.
MEMORANDUM:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of two counts of rape in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.25[2] ). Contrary to defendant's contention, we conclude that “ ‘[t]he plea colloquy and the written waiver of the right to appeal signed [and acknowledged in court] by defendant demonstrate that [he] knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived the right to appeal’ ” (People v. Kesick, 119 A.D.3d 1371, 1372, 988 N.Y.S.2d 395 ). Defendant's valid waiver forecloses his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145 ).
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
SMITH, J.P., DeJOSEPH, CURRAN, and SCUDDER, JJ., concur.