Opinion
2013-10-2
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Arturo LOREDO–TORRES, appellant.
Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, N.Y., for appellant. Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, N.Y., for appellant. Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (De Rosa, J.), imposed September 26, 2012, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes review of his claim that the sentence imposed was excessive ( see People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 255, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145;People v. Melvin, 106 A.D.3d 1112, 965 N.Y.S.2d 731,lv. denied21 N.Y.3d 1044, 972 N.Y.S.2d 541, 995N.E.2d 857, 2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 98459[U] [2013] ).