People v. Castillo

• Decision Date: 31 July 2019
• Docket Number: Ind. No. 3412/17,2017-11869
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Victor CASTILLO, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

174 A.D.3d 918

103 N.Y.S.3d 317 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.Victor CASTILLO, Appellant.

2017-11869

Ind. No. 3412/17

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted May 13, 2019

July 31, 2019

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (David L. Goodwin of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and Arieh Schulman of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., JEFFREY A. COHEN, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (William Miller, J.), rendered September 28, 2017, convicting him of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contentions concerning the validity of one of the two orders of protection issued at the time of sentencing survive his appeal waiver (see People v. Gibson–Parish , 153 A.D.3d 1273, 59 N.Y.S.3d 702 ; People v. Bernardini , 142 A.D.3d 671, 36 N.Y.S.3d 827 ; People v. Kumar , 127 A.D.3d 882, 4 N.Y.S.3d 900 ; People v. Smith , 112 A.D.3d 759, 976 N.Y.S.2d 564 ; People v. Morrisohn , 111 A.D.3d 853, 975 N.Y.S.2d 350 ; People v. Cedeno , 107 A.D.3d 734, 965 N.Y.S.2d 887 ). However, the defendant's contentions regarding that order of protection are unpreserved for appellate review (see People v. Nieves , 2 N.Y.3d 310, 778 N.Y.S.2d 751, 811 N.E.2d 13 ; People v. Gibson–Parish , 153 A.D.3d 1273, 59 N.Y.S.3d 702 ; People v. Mitchell , 142 A.D.3d 1185, 37 N.Y.S.3d 908 ; People v. Bernardini , 142 A.D.3d 671, 36 N.Y.S.3d 827 ; People v. May , 138 A.D.3d 1146, 30 N.Y.S.3d 327 ; People v. O'Connor , 136 A.D.3d 945, 24 N.Y.S.3d 918 ; People v. Hunter , 135 A.D.3d 958, 22 N.Y.S.3d 905 ; People v. Fortier , 130 A.D.3d 642, 12 N.Y.S.3d 283 ), and we decline to review them in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. "[T]he better practice—and best use of judicial resources—is for a defendant seeking adjustment of [final orders of protection] to request relief from the issuing court in the first instance, resorting to the appellate courts only if necessary" ( People v. Nieves , 2 N.Y.3d at 317, 778 N.Y.S.2d 751, 811 N.E.2d 13 ).

DILLON, J.P., COHEN, CONNOLLY and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.