Opinion
2012-04-10
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. John ANGELIS, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Daniel Bresnahan, and Matthew Sweet of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Daniel Bresnahan, and Matthew Sweet of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from two sentences of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Mullings, J.), both imposed January 19, 2011, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.
ORDERED that the sentences are affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid ( see People v. Callahan, 80 N.Y.2d 273, 283, 590 N.Y.S.2d 46, 604 N.E.2d 108; People v. Bradshaw, 76 A.D.3d 566, 568–569, 906 N.Y.S.2d 93), and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claims. However, the sentences imposed were not excessive ( see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675).