Opinion
09-20-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Angel LABOY, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and William H. Branigan of counsel; Deanna Russo on the memorandum), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and William H. Branigan of counsel; Deanna Russo on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme
Court, Queens County (Chin Brandt, J.), imposed May 5, 2016, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 267, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645 ; People v. Brown, 122 A.D.3d 133, 137, 992 N.Y.S.2d 297 ; People v. Johnson, 109 A.D.3d 1004, 971 N.Y.S.2d 469 ) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
ENG, P.J., MASTRO, MILLER, LaSALLE and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.