Opinion
No. 117 KA 19-00527
02-10-2023
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. SAM SIDES, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
ERIK TEIFKE, ACTING PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (DREW R. DUBRIN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. SANDRA DOORLEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (SCOTT MYLES OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
ERIK TEIFKE, ACTING PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (DREW R. DUBRIN OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
SANDRA DOORLEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (SCOTT MYLES OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CURRAN, MONTOUR, AND OGDEN, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Douglas A. Randall, J.), rendered February 5, 2019. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second degree.
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law
§ 140.25 [2]). As defendant contends and the People correctly concede, defendant did not validly waive his right to appeal inasmuch as County Court "mischaracterized the nature of the right that defendant was being asked to cede, portraying the waiver as an absolute bar to defendant taking an appeal, and there was no clarification that appellate review remained available for certain issues" (People v Hussein, 192 A.D.3d 1705, 1706 [4th Dept 2021], lv denied 37 N.Y.3d 965 [2021]; see People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545, 565-566 [2019], cert denied __ U.S. __, 140 S.Ct. 2634 [2020]; People v Cole, 201 A.D.3d 1360, 1360-1361 [4th Dept 2022]). Nevertheless, we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.