People v. Cortes

198 N.Y.S.3d 604, 221 A.D.3d 908, 2023 NY Slip Op 06053

Opinion

People v Cortes (2023 NY Slip Op 06053)

People v Cortes

2023 NY Slip Op 06053

Decided on November 22, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 22, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.
JOSEPH J. MALTESE
BARRY E. WARHIT
LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.

2022-09786

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Rubert F. Cortes, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 321/22)

Richard L. Herzfeld, New York, NY, for appellant.

David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Robert H. Middlemiss of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (Craig Stephen Brown, J.), imposed November 14, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256-257). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Stevens, 203 AD3d 958).

DUFFY, J.P., MALTESE, WARHIT and VENTURA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court