Opinion
01-11-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Donald ELLIS, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Christopher Blira–Koessler of counsel; Jacob Wells on the memorandum), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Christopher Blira–Koessler of counsel; Jacob Wells on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Mullings, J.), imposed May 29, 2014, upon his plea of guilty, 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. Bradshaw, 18 N.Y.3d 257, 265, 938 N.Y.S.2d 254, 961 N.E.2d 645 ) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
ENG, P.J., HALL, COHEN, LaSALLE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.