People v. Loffler
| Decision Date | 05 December 2019 |
| Docket Number | 110339 |
| Citation | 178 A.D.3d 1152,111 N.Y.S.3d 569 (Mem) |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gary Lee LOFFLER, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
178 A.D.3d 1152
111 N.Y.S.3d 569 (Mem)
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Gary Lee LOFFLER, Appellant.
110339
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Calendar Date: November 8, 2019
Decided and Entered: December 5, 2019
Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Kelly L. Egan of counsel), for Appellant.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York City (Priscilla Steward of counsel), for Respondent.
Before: Garry, P.J., Devine, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered November 30, 2017, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.
Defendant was charged in a multicount indictment with conspiracy in the second degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree as the result of his involvement in a largescale drug distribution network. In satisfaction thereof, he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and agreed to waive his right to appeal. In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, he was sentenced as a second felony offender to five years in prison, followed by three years of postrelease supervision. Defendant appeals.
Initially, defendant contends that his appeal waiver is
unenforceable. We disagree. The record discloses that County Court advised defendant that the plea agreement included a waiver of the right to appeal, which was separate and distinct from the other rights that he was forfeiting by pleading guilty. The court also specifically enumerated those rights that were not forfeited
by the appeal waiver. Furthermore, the court presented defendant with a...
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