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People v. Benitez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 3, 2011
84 A.D.3d 826 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 2008-03618.

May 3, 2011.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Putnam County (Rooney, J.), rendered November 14, 2007, convicting him of course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

John P. Savoca, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for appellant.

Adam B. Levy, District Attorney, Carmel, N.Y. (Mary Jane MacCrae of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Skelos, J.P., Dickerson, Hall, Austin and Miller, JJ.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

By pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited his claim that he was deprived of his right to testify before the grand jury ( see People v DeLuca, 45 AD3d 777; People v Standley, 269 AD2d 614, 615).

The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his claim that the agreed-upon sentence, which was, in fact, imposed, was excessive ( see People v Ramos, 1 NY3d 737, 738; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255; People v Callahan, 80 NY2d 273, 281; People v Seaberg, 14: NY2d 1, 10 [1989]; People v Timberlake, 82 AD3d 1134; People v Lewis, 73 AD3d 1212).


Summaries of

People v. Benitez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 3, 2011
84 A.D.3d 826 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

People v. Benitez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT BENITEZ…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 3, 2011

Citations

84 A.D.3d 826 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 3867
922 N.Y.S.2d 797

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