People v. Feurtado
| Decision Date | 16 May 2019 |
| Docket Number | 109340 |
| Citation | 99 N.Y.S.3d 144,172 A.D.3d 1620 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Desmond FEURTADO, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
172 A.D.3d 1620
99 N.Y.S.3d 144
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Desmond FEURTADO, Appellant.
109340
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Calendar Date: March 26, 2019
Decided and Entered: May 16, 2019
Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Kelly L. Egan, Albany, of counsel), for appellant.
Jason M. Carusone, District Attorney, Lake George (Rebecca Nealon of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Mulvey and Rumsey, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Mulvey, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Hall Jr., J.), rendered March 22, 2017, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.
Defendant was charged by indictment with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree after police discovered him in possession of cocaine during a traffic stop. Following a hearing, County Court denied defendant's suppression motion. Defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree in satisfaction of the indictment and waived his right to appeal. Consistent with the plea agreement, the court sentenced defendant to three years in prison, followed by 1½ years of postrelease supervision, together with an order directing his enrollment in a shock incarceration program. Defendant appeals.
Defendant validly waived his right to appeal the issues he now raises. "Contrary to defendant's contention, the waiver of appeal did not need to specify that it encompassed the right to appeal suppression rulings, although this specificity has been recognized as the ‘better practice,’ as no particular litany is required and a general, comprehensive waiver of appeal is sufficient for this purpose. Further, the record reflects that an appeal waiver was a condition of the plea...
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