People v. Mendoza

People v Mendoza (2019 NY Slip Op 08219)

People v Mendoza

2019 NY Slip Op 08219

Decided on November 13, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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

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Decided on November 13, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SHERI S. ROMAN
LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2018-06208
2018-06209
2018-06210
2018-06211

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

v

Eugene Mendoza, appellant. (S.C.I. Nos. 773/18, 774/18, 775/18, 776/18) Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Alice R. B. Cullina of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni Piplani of counsel; Manipal Singh on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from four sentences of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gia L. Morris, J., at pleas; Eugene M. Guarino, J., at sentences), imposed April 18, 2018, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.

ORDERED that the sentences are affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentences imposed were excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248).

DILLON, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court