People v. Rodriguez

2017 NY Slip Op 9020, 156 A.D.3d 1416, 65 N.Y.S.3d 853

Opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Penny M. Wolfgang, J.), rendered July 22, 2015. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree.

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 manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]). Contrary to defendant’s contention in his main and supplemental pro se briefs, we conclude that he “knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily” waived his right to appeal (People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]), and that he “ha[d] ‘a full appreciation of the consequences’ of such waiver” (People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 264 [2011]). We further conclude, “[biased on the combination of a lengthy oral colloquy, a written waiver wherein defendant ‘expressly waived [his] right to appeal without limitation,’ and an acknowledgment of that written waiver during the oral colloquy, . . . that the valid waiver of the right to appeal encompasses defendant’s challenge to the severity of the sentence” (People v Morales, 148 AD3d 1638, 1639 [4th Dept 2017], lv denied 29 NY3d 1083 [2017]). We have reviewed defendant’s remaining contentions regarding the waiver of the right to appeal and conclude that they are without merit.

Present— Whalen, P.J., Centra, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Winslow, JJ.