Opinion
208 KA 18-02398
03-19-2021
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO ( SHERRY A. CHASE OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. JOHN J. FLYNN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. HILLERY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO ( SHERRY A. CHASE OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
JOHN J. FLYNN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. HILLERY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., NEMOYER, CURRAN, BANNISTER, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree ( Penal Law § 125.20 [1] ), defendant contends that he did not validly waive his right to appeal and that his sentence is unduly harsh and severe. Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and therefore does not preclude our review of his challenge to the severity of his sentence ( see People v. Alls , 187 A.D.3d 1515, 1515, 129 N.Y.S.3d 881 [4th Dept. 2020] ; People v. Love , 181 A.D.3d 1193, 1193, 118 N.Y.S.3d 475 [4th Dept. 2020] ), we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.