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People v. Hess

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
May 25, 2017
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

05-25-2017

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John R. HESS, Appellant.

Susan Patnode, Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Cynthia Feathers of counsel), for appellant. Mary E. Rain, District Attorney, Canton (Matthew L. Peabody of counsel), for respondent.


Susan Patnode, Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Cynthia Feathers of counsel), for appellant.

Mary E. Rain, District Attorney, Canton (Matthew L. Peabody of counsel), for respondent.

Before: McCARTHY, J.P., EGAN JR., LYNCH, DEVINE and CLARK, JJ.

DEVINE, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered May 18, 2015, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

Defendant pleaded guilty to a superior court information charging him with driving while intoxicated and waived his right to appeal. He was sentenced, in accordance with the plea agreement, to five years of probation. Defendant appeals.

We are unpersuaded by defendant's contention that the waiver of the right to appeal is invalid. The record reflects that County Court adequately explained that the waiver of the right to appeal was separate and distinct from the rights forfeited by the guilty plea and defendant acknowledged that he understood the nature of the appeal waiver. In addition, defendant executed a detailed written waiver in open court after discussing its consequences with defense counsel. In view of the foregoing, defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence (see People v. Morgan, 142 A.D.3d 1253, 1253, 37 N.Y.S.3d 919 [2016] ; People v. Simon, 140 AD3d 1533, 1534, 33 N.Y.S.3d 788 [2016] ). As such, the valid appeal waiver precludes defendant's challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v. White, 145 A.D.3d 1324, 1325, 44 N.Y.S.3d 247 [2016] ).

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

McCARTHY, J.P., EGAN JR., LYNCH and CLARK, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Hess

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
May 25, 2017
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
Case details for

People v. Hess

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John R. HESS…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Date published: May 25, 2017

Citations

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4175 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4175

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