People v. Resnick

2018 NY Slip Op 1486

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: March 7, 2018
• Docket: 2016-11558
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Resnick (2018 NY Slip Op 01486)

People v Resnick

2018 NY Slip Op 01486

Decided on March 7, 2018

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 March 7, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.
RUTH C. BALKIN
L. PRISCILLA HALL
COLLEEN D. DUFFY
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

2016-11558
(Ind. No. 922/14)

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

v

Michael Resnick, appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Mark W. Vorkink of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel; Lorrie A. Zinno on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Ronald Hollie, J.), imposed September 30, 2016, as amended October 4, 2016, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence, as amended, is affirmed.

When the Supreme Court explained the defendant's waiver of his right to appeal to him, it improperly conflated the right to appeal with the rights automatically forfeited by a plea of guilty. Accordingly, the waiver of the right to appeal was invalid and, therefore, unenforceable (see People v Wells, 135 AD3d 976, 976). The sentence, however, was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., BALKIN, HALL, DUFFY and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court