Opinion
682 KA 18-00519
11-20-2020
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gregory SEPPE, Defendant-Appellant.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (JAMES M. SPECYAL OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BATAVIA (CHERYL L. NIELSEN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (JAMES M. SPECYAL OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BATAVIA (CHERYL L. NIELSEN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, WINSLOW, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of attempted burglary in the third degree ( Penal Law §§ 110.00, 140.20 ), defendant challenges the validity of his purported waiver of the right to appeal and the severity of his sentence. Inasmuch as " ‘defendant has completed serving the sentence imposed, his contention that the sentence is unduly harsh and severe has been rendered moot’ ..., and we therefore need not reach defendant's contention with respect to the alleged invalidity of the waiver of the right to appeal" ( People v. Bald , 34 A.D.3d 1362, 1362, 823 N.Y.S.2d 741 [4th Dept. 2006] ).