People v Agyepong, 2017 NY Slip Op 06447 [153 AD3d 1268]

September 13, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Elijah Agyepong, Appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Lauren E. Jones of counsel), for appellant.

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

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chin-Brandt, J.), imposed March 16, 2015, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Taking into account all of the relevant facts and circumstances surrounding the purported waiver of the defendant’s right to appeal, we find that it was invalid ( see People v Seaberg , 74 NY2d 1, 11 [1989]). However, the sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, P.J., Chambers, Roman, Cohen and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur..