Opinion
2013-04-10
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Allen SIRICO, appellant.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), for appellant. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), for respondent.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), for appellant. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Suffolk County (Braslow, J.), imposed February 14, 2012, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
Inasmuch as the record does not demonstrate that the defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was made knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently, it may not be enforced ( see People v. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 264–265, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645;People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256–257, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145). Nevertheless, the sentence imposedwas not excessive ( see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675).