Opinion
KA 02-00706
March 21, 2003.
Appeal from a judgment of Onondaga County Court (Walsh, J.), entered August 28, 2001, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.
FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (GERALD T. BARTH Of Counsel), For Defendant-appellant.
WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (DEBRA A. HERLICA Of Counsel), For Plaintiff-respondent.
PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., GREEN, PINE, GORSKI, AND HAYES, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her upon her plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20) for the stabbing death of a sexual partner. Contrary to the contention of defendant, her waiver of the right to appeal was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, and that waiver encompasses her present contention concerning the severity of the sentence (see People v. Chandler, 214 A.D.2d 1027, 1028, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 792).