Opinion
2016–07089 2016–07090 Ind. Nos. 3365/14 7929/14
03-28-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Richard CASTILLO, appellant.
Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, N.Y. (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel; Peter Keffer on the memorandum), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Joyce Adolfsen of counsel; Masha Simonova on the memorandum), for respondent.
Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, N.Y. (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel; Peter Keffer on the memorandum), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Joyce Adolfsen of counsel; Masha Simonova on the memorandum), for respondent.
ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, BETSY BARROS, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from two sentences of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Danny K. Chun, J.), both imposed June 20, 2016, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.
ORDERED that the sentences are affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v. Chambers , 142 A.D.3d 672, 36 N.Y.S.3d 824 ), and thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claims. However, the sentences imposed were not excessive (see People v. Suitte , 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
SCHEINKMAN, P.J., LEVENTHAL, BARROS, CONNOLLY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.