People v. Rivers

People v Rivers (2016 NY Slip Op 05393)

People v Rivers

2016 NY Slip Op 05393

Decided on July 6, 2016

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 July 6, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
REINALDO E. RIVERA
L. PRISCILLA HALL
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2014-00287
(Ind. No. 13-00135)

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

v

Charles L. Rivers III, appellant.

Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr., New York, NY, for appellant.

David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Steven E. Goldberg of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (De Rosa, J.), imposed December 4, 2013, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248; People v Lazier, 122 AD3d 770, 771) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

ENG, P.J., RIVERA, HALL, AUSTIN and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court