People v. Steinbrecher
Decision Date | 08 February 2019 |
Docket Number | 28,KA 16–02165 |
Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lewis J. STEINBRECHER, Jr., Defendant–Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
169 A.D.3d 1462
93 N.Y.S.3d 787
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Lewis J. STEINBRECHER, Jr., Defendant–Appellant.
28
KA 16–02165
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
Entered: February 8, 2019
D.J. & J.A. CIRANDO, PLLC, SYRACUSE (BRADLEY E. KEEM OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
GREGORY S. OAKES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OSWEGO (AMY L. HALLENBECK, Fulton OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND TROUTMAN, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of two counts of criminal contempt in the first degree ( Penal Law § 215.51[b][v] ). The
plea was conducted by County Court, and the proceeding was later transferred to Supreme Court for sentencing. Contrary to defendant's contention, he knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to appeal (see generally People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145 [2006] ). The record of the plea proceeding establishes that the court engaged him in "an adequate colloquy to ensure that the waiver of the right to appeal was a knowing and voluntary choice ..., and informed him that the waiver was a condition of the plea agreement" ( People v. Snyder, 151 A.D.3d 1939, 1939, 54 N.Y.S.3d 899 [4th Dept. 2017] [internal quotation marks omitted] ). The valid waiver of the right to appeal encompasses defendant's challenges to the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution (see People v. Tyo, 140 A.D.3d 1697, 1698, 31 N.Y.S.3d 732 [4th Dept. 2016], lv denied 28 N.Y.3d 1127, 51 N.Y.S.3d 24, 73 N.E.3d 364 [2016] ; People v. Gardner, 101 A.D.3d 1634, 1634–1635, 956 N.Y.S.2d 367 [4th Dept. 2012] ). Defendant's contention that the plea was involuntary because he was confused at the time of the plea, he was coerced into pleading guilty, and he was innocent survives the waiver of the right to appeal (see People v. Cyganik, 154 A.D.3d 1336, 1337, 63 N.Y.S.3d 623 [4th Dept. 2017], lv denied 30 N.Y.3d 1104, 77 N.Y.S.3d 3, 101 N.E.3d 389 [2018] ), and he preserved that contention for our review through his motion to withdraw the plea (see generally People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5 [1988] ). Defendant's contention, however, is belied by his responses during the plea colloquy (see People v. McCullen, 162 A.D.3d 1661, 1661, 79 N.Y.S.3d 440 [4th Dept. 2018] ). We reject defendant's related contention that the courts abused their...
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