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People v. Chapman

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Jan 31, 2019
168 A.D.3d 1315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)

Opinion

109525

01-31-2019

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kevin CHAPMAN, Appellant.

Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Kelly L. Egan of counsel), for appellant. Jason M. Carusone, District Attorney, Lake George (Rebecca Nealon of counsel), for respondent.


Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Kelly L. Egan of counsel), for appellant.

Jason M. Carusone, District Attorney, Lake George (Rebecca Nealon of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons and Rumsey, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERAppeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Hall Jr., J.), entered April 13, 2017, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of murder in the second degree.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with numerous crimes, the most serious of which was murder in the second degree, as the result of his participation in a burglary that resulted in the death of the victim. In satisfaction thereof, he pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and waived his right to appeal, both orally and in writing. In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, he was sentenced as a second felony offender to 18 years to life in prison. He now appeals.

Initially, we reject defendant's contention that his appeal waiver is invalid. The record discloses that County Court explained in detail the legal rights that defendant was forfeiting by pleading guilty and advised him that review by a higher court was foreclosed by his waiver of the right to appeal, which was separate and distinct from his other rights. The court then provided defendant with a written appeal waiver enumerating the specific rights that he was forfeiting, including any challenge to the severity of the sentence. After reviewing it with counsel, defendant signed the written waiver in open court and indicated that he understood its ramifications. In view of the valid appeal waiver, defendant is precluded from challenging the severity of his sentence (see People v. Carter, 166 A.D.3d 1212, 1213, 88 N.Y.S.3d 285 [2018] ; People v. Cherry, 166 A.D.3d 1220, 1221, 86 N.Y.S.3d 355 [2018] ).

Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons and Rumsey, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Chapman

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Jan 31, 2019
168 A.D.3d 1315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
Case details for

People v. Chapman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEVIN CHAPMAN…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Date published: Jan 31, 2019

Citations

168 A.D.3d 1315 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 642
90 N.Y.S.3d 920

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