People v. Agyepong

People v Agyepong (2017 NY Slip Op 06447)

People v Agyepong

2017 NY Slip Op 06447

Decided on September 13, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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

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Decided on September 13, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
SHERI S. ROMAN
JEFFREY A. COHEN
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2015-03913

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

v

Elijah Agyepong, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 1573/14)

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Lauren E. Jones of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel; Victoria Randall 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 (Chin-Brandt, J.), imposed March 16, 2015, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Taking into account all of the relevant facts and circumstances surrounding the purported waiver of the defendant's right to appeal, we find that it was invalid (see People v Seaberg , 74 NY2d 1, 11). However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

ENG, P.J., CHAMBERS, ROMAN, COHEN and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court