People v Romero, 2017 NY Slip Op 06463 [153 AD3d 1285]

September 13, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Carlos Romero, Appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Michael Arthus of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel; Deanna Russo on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), imposed November 10, 2015, 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 Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 256 [2006]; People v Medina , 138 AD3d 1148 [2016]; People v Sulsona , 134 AD3d 861 [2015]) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, P.J., Balkin, Roman, Hinds-Radix and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur..