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People v. Arellano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 19, 2001
281 A.D.2d 553 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted February 14, 2001.

March 19, 2001.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ambrosio, J.), rendered September 24, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel; John Preuss on the brief), for respondent.

Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived, without limitation, the right to appeal his conviction and sentence (see, People v. Seaberg, 74 N.Y.2d 1; People v. Miller, A.D.2d [2d Dept., Dec. 18, 2000]; People v. Espinal, 277 A.D.2d 464 [2d Dept., Nov. 27, 2000]; People v. Brathwaite, 263 A.D.2d 89). The defendant's waiver of his right to appeal encompasses his claim that he was entitled to a more lenient sentence because of an alleged cooperation agreement which does not appear on the record of the plea allocution. Even if his claim were not encompassed by the waiver, under the facts of this case the Supreme Court properly decided not to recognize the alleged cooperation agreement, denied the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea, and sentenced the defendant in accordance with the plea placed on the record (see, People v. Huertas, 85 N.Y.2d 898; People v. Curdgel, 83 N.Y.2d 862; Matter of Benjamin S., 55 N.Y.2d 116, 121; People v. Watford, 239 A.D.2d 367; see also, United States v. El-Gheur, 201 F.3d 90).


Summaries of

People v. Arellano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 19, 2001
281 A.D.2d 553 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Arellano

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. PEDRO ARELLANO, APPELLANT

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 19, 2001

Citations

281 A.D.2d 553 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
721 N.Y.S.2d 811

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