BRIDENBAKER, MARK, PEOPLE v

Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1362 KA 12-02097 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND WHALEN, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MARK BRIDENBAKER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

THOMAS E. ANDRUSCHAT, EAST AURORA, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

FRANK A. SEDITA, III, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (DAVID PANEPINTO OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Kenneth F. Case, J.), rendered October 25, 2012. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of reckless assault of a child.

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 reckless assault of a child (Penal Law § 120.02 [1]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the record establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256). “Although County Court’s colloquy was brief, defendant signed a detailed written waiver of the right to appeal . . . , and he acknowledged to the court that he understood that he was foregoing the right to appeal” (People v Luper, 101 AD3d 1668, 1668, lv denied 20 NY3d 1101; see People v Ramos, 7 NY3d 737, 738; cf. People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 267). The valid waiver encompasses defendant’s challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827).

Entered: December 27, 2013 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court