People v. Osgood

• Decision Date: 14 November 2013
• Parties: The PEOPLE of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry F. OSGOOD, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

111 A.D.3d 1029
974 N.Y.S.2d 662
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 07526

The PEOPLE of The State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Henry F. OSGOOD, Appellant.

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

Nov. 14, 2013.

Aaron A. Louridas, Delmar, for appellant.

James E. Conboy, District Attorney, Fonda (Pamela A. Ladd of counsel), for respondent.

Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., STEIN, SPAIN and EGAN JR., JJ.

STEIN, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Montgomery County (Catena, J.), rendered June 13, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Defendant waived indictment and was charged in a superior court information with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He pleaded guilty to that charge, waived his right to appeal and, thereafter, was sentenced as a second felony offender to the agreed-upon prison term of 2 1/2 to 5 years. Defendant now appeals.

We affirm. Initially, we are unpersuaded by defendant's contention that

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the appeal waiver is invalid. The record and plea colloquy establish that defendant was informed that the right to appeal was separate from the other rights forfeited by the guilty plea and that his counsel adequately explained those rights before defendant executed a detailed written waiver in open court. Consequently, we find that defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to appeal the conviction and sentence ( see People v. Sylvan, 107 A.D.3d 1044, 968 N.Y.S.2d 628 [2013];People v. Fallen, 106 A.D.3d 1118, 1118–1119, 963 N.Y.S.2d 777 [2013] ). Given the validity of the appeal waiver, defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the plea and harshness of his sentence are foreclosed ( see People v. Sylvan, 107 A.D.3d at 1044, 968 N.Y.S.2d 628). Although defendant's challenge to the voluntariness of his plea survives the appeal waiver, it is not preserved for our review as the record does not reflect that defendant moved to withdraw his plea or vacate the judgment of conviction ( see People v. Estrada, 102 A.D.3d 1064, 1064–1065, 958 N.Y.S.2d 543 [2013] ). Furthermore, as defendant did not make any statements during the plea allocution that negated an essential element of the crime or otherwise cast doubt on his guilt, the narrow exception to the preservation rule is inapplicable ( see People v. Bouton, 107 A.D.3d 1035, 1035, 967 N.Y.S.2d 200 [2013],lv. denied21 N.Y.3d 1072, 974 N.Y.S.2d 321, 997...