Opinion
2016-08682
11-15-2017
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Henrri J. Serpas, appellant.
Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant. Emily Constant, Acting District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Lauren Tan of counsel), for respondent.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL LEONARD B. AUSTIN COLLEEN D. DUFFY BETSY BARROS, JJ. (Ind. No. 2141/15)
Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant.
Emily Constant, Acting District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Lauren Tan of counsel), for respondent.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Suffolk County (Condon, J.), imposed June 27, 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 NY3d 257; People v Brown, 122 AD3d 133) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).
ENG, P.J., LEVENTHAL, AUSTIN, DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur. ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court