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People v. Pitt

Supreme Court of New York
Oct 20, 2021
2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 5727 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2021)

Opinion

No. 2018-09329 Ind. No. 17-00044

10-20-2021

The People, etc., respondent, v. James Pitt, appellant.

Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, NY, for appellant. Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (Carrie A. Ciganek of counsel), for respondent.


Submitted - September 29, 2021

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Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, NY, for appellant.

Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (Carrie A. Ciganek of counsel), for respondent.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P. LEONARD B. AUSTIN COLLEEN D. DUFFY BETSY BARROS WILLIAM G. FORD, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Rockland County (David S. Zuckerman, J.), imposed June 26, 2018, 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. The written waiver of the right to appeal form that the defendant signed misstated the applicable law and was misleading (see People v Butler, 49 A.D.3d 894, 895). Moreover, the County Court's colloquy at the plea proceeding relating to the defendant's waiver of his right to appeal failed to remedy the misleading written waiver (see People v Vargas, 187 A.D.3d 1222; People v Wilkinson, 176 A.D.3d 879, 880).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).

CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, DUFFY, BARROS and FORD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pitt

Supreme Court of New York
Oct 20, 2021
2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 5727 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2021)
Case details for

People v. Pitt

Case Details

Full title:The People, etc., respondent, v. James Pitt, appellant.

Court:Supreme Court of New York

Date published: Oct 20, 2021

Citations

2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 5727 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2021)