Opinion
2021-03703
06-11-2021
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. JUSTIN T. SHAW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (ALLYSON L. KEHL-WIERZBOWSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (ALLYSON L. KEHL-WIERZBOWSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, TROUTMAN, WINSLOW, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Cattaraugus County Court (Ronald D. Ploetz, J.), rendered December 5, 2016. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree (two counts).
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.75 [1] [a], [b]). Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and thus does not preclude our review of his challenge to the severity of his sentence (see People v Love, 181 A.D.3d 1193, 1193 [4th Dept 2020]), we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.
Defendant's challenge to the voluntariness of his plea is unpreserved for our review inasmuch as the record does not reflect that he moved to withdraw the plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction (see People v Ware, 115 A.D.3d 1235, 1235 [4th Dept 2014]; see generally People v Conceicao, 26 N.Y.3d 375, 381 [2015]). We decline defendant's request to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [3] [c]).