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People v. Moore

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Jul 27, 2017
152 A.D.3d 1088 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

07-27-2017

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Darnell MOORE, Appellant.

Martin J. McGuinness, Saratoga Springs, for appellant. Craig P. Carriero, District Attorney, Malone (Jennifer M. Hollis of counsel), for respondent.


Martin J. McGuinness, Saratoga Springs, for appellant.

Craig P. Carriero, District Attorney, Malone (Jennifer M. Hollis of counsel), for respondent.

Before: PETERS, P.J., GARRY, ROSE, CLARK and RUMSEY, JJ.

ROSE, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Main Jr., J.), rendered July 14, 2015, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree, waived his right to appeal and was sentenced, as an admitted second felony offender and in accordance with the plea agreement, to a prison term of 22 to 44 months, to be served consecutively to the sentence he was serving on a prior conviction. Defendant was also ordered, as pertinent here, to pay a mandatory surcharge of $300 and a crime victim assistance fee of $25. He now appeals.

Defendant contends that County Court illegally directed the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to collect the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee imposed pursuant to Penal Law § 60.35. Specifically, defendant argues that, insofar as County Court entered a written order at defendant's sentencing converting the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee into a civil judgment, the subject fees were automatically deferred by operation of law (see CPL 420.40 ), thereby precluding the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision from subsequently deducting them from his inmate account. This claim, however, is precluded by defendant's unchallenged appeal waiver (see People v. Morales, 119 A.D.3d 1082, 1084, 990 N.Y.S.2d 144 [2014], lv. denied 24 N.Y.3d 1086, 1 N.Y.S.3d 13, 25 N.E.3d 350 [2014] ; cf. People v. Cota, 136 A.D.3d 1116, 1117, 24 N.Y.S.3d 537 [2016] ). In any event, County Court lacked the discretion to issue such an order at sentencing (see People v. Jones, 26 N.Y.3d 730, 732–733, 27 N.Y.S.3d 431, 47 N.E.3d 710 [2016] ).

Defendant also challenges County Court's denial of his postjudgment motion seeking a deferral of the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee pursuant to CPL 420.40. However, inasmuch as County Court's postjudgment order is not part of the judgment of conviction and defendant failed to file a notice of appeal with regard thereto, this issue is not properly before us (see People v. Flanders, 110 A.D.3d 1112, 1113 n. 1, 972 N.Y.S.2d 355 [2013] ; People v. Brown, 69 A.D.3d 466, 466, 894 N.Y.S.2d 18 [2010] ; compare People v. Bibeau, 140 A.D.3d 1530, 1531, 34 N.Y.S.3d 702 [2016], lv. denied 28 N.Y.3d 969, 43 N.Y.S.3d 256, 66 N.E.3d 2 [2016] ).

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

PETERS, P.J., GARRY, CLARK and RUMSEY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Moore

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Jul 27, 2017
152 A.D.3d 1088 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
Case details for

People v. Moore

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DARNELL MOORE…

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

Date published: Jul 27, 2017

Citations

152 A.D.3d 1088 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 5881
56 N.Y.S.3d 474

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