Opinion
2013-12-4
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Julia A. TOWNSEND, appellant.
Alan Polsky, Medford, N.Y., for appellant. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannon of counsel), for respondent.
Alan Polsky, Medford, N.Y., for appellant. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannon of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.), imposed July 20, 2011, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's valid waiver of her right to appeal precludes appellate review of her contention that the sentence imposed was excessive ( see People v. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 264–267, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645; People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 255, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145; People v. Melvin, 106 A.D.3d 1112, 965 N.Y.S.2d 731). ENG, P.J., ANGIOLILLO, BALKIN and HALL, JJ., concur.