Opinion
109058
01-24-2019
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bernard F. PERRY, Appellant.
Dana L. Salazar, East Greenbush, for appellant. Craig P. Carriero, District Attorney, Malone (Jennifer M. Hollis of counsel), for respondent.
Dana L. Salazar, East Greenbush, for appellant.
Craig P. Carriero, District Attorney, Malone (Jennifer M. Hollis of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Devine and Aarons, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDERAppeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Richards, J.), rendered December 2, 2016, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted assault in the second degree.
Defendant waived indictment, pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted assault in the second degree and waived his right to appeal. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 2 to 4 years and was ordered to pay $7,312 in restitution. Defendant appeals.
Defendant contends that his challenge to the imposition of restitution survives his waiver of the right to appeal because it was not part of the plea agreement and that, in ordering restitution, County Court imposed an enhanced sentence without giving him an opportunity to withdraw his plea. We disagree. Contrary to defendant's contention, the plea agreement, which was reduced to writing, contemplated the imposition of restitution. At the commencement of the plea proceeding, the People initially indicated that no restitution would be requested because there was no response to inquiries pertaining to the amount of restitution sought by the victim. During the colloquy, but prior to defendant entering a waiver of the right to appeal or pleading guilty, the People provided to both County Court and defense counsel a recently-received fax regarding the amount of restitution sought in connection with the cost of dental services incurred by the victim as a result of the crime. Defendant then proceeded to waive his right to appeal and enter a guilty plea to attempted assault in the second degree. County Court sentenced defendant and imposed the requested amount of restitution.
Under the circumstances, we are unpersuaded that the waiver of the right to appeal is inapplicable to defendant's challenge regarding the restitution imposed. As the record demonstrates that County Court adequately explained, and defendant acknowledged that he understood, that the waiver of the right to appeal was separate and distinct from the rights automatically forfeited by the guilty plea, we find that the appeal waiver was knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently entered (see People v. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 264–265, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645 [2011] ; People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256–257, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145 [2006] ; People v. Lyman, 119 A.D.3d 968, 969, 988 N.Y.S.2d 717 [2014], lv denied 27 N.Y.3d 1153, 39 N.Y.S.3d 387, 62 N.E.3d 127 [2016] ). As such, the valid appeal waiver precludes his challenge to the restitution imposed (see People v. Knight, 164 A.D.3d 957, 958, 77 N.Y.S.3d 915 [2018], lv denied 32 N.Y.3d 1005, 86 N.Y.S.3d 763, 111 N.E.3d 1119 [2018] ; People v. Grumberg, 153 A.D.3d 1525, 1527, 62 N.Y.S.3d 199 [2017] ). Even if defendant's challenge to the restitution was not precluded by the valid appeal waiver, it is nevertheless unpreserved for our review due to his failure to request a hearing or object to the amount at sentencing (see People v. Schrom, 159 A.D.3d 1136, 1137, 70 N.Y.S.3d 90 [2018], lv denied 31 N.Y.3d 1087, 79 N.Y.S.3d 108, 103 N.E.3d 1255 [2018] ; People v. Grumberg, 153 A.D.3d at 1527, 62 N.Y.S.3d 199 ).
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Devine and Aarons, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.