People v. Whitton
| Decision Date | 27 January 2022 |
| Docket Number | 112036 |
| Citation | 201 A.D.3d 1259,158 N.Y.S.3d 645 (Mem) |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent. v. Leland A. WHITTON, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
201 A.D.3d 1259
158 N.Y.S.3d 645 (Mem)
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent.
v.
Leland A. WHITTON, Appellant.
112036
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Calendar Date: December 30, 2021
Decided and Entered: January 27, 2022
Rural Law Center of New York, Castleton (Kelly L. Egan of counsel), for appellant.
Gary M. Pasqua, District Attorney, Canton (Alexander V. Nichols of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered October 30, 2019, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree.
Defendant waived indictment and agreed to be prosecuted by a superior court information charging him with intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree. Defendant thereafter executed a waiver of the right to appeal and pleaded guilty to intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree, in full satisfaction of the superior court information and other pending charges and uncharged crimes arising out of the same events. Thereafter, County Court sentenced defendant to a prison term of 1 to 4 years and issued a permanent no-contact order of protection in favor of the victim. Defendant appeals.
We affirm. Contrary to defendant's contention, his waiver of the right to appeal was valid. The record demonstrates that defendant was advised that a waiver of the right to appeal was a condition of the plea agreement. County Court further advised defendant that the right to appeal was separate and distinct from the rights automatically forfeited by a guilty plea and that certain issues survive the waiver, and defendant confirmed his understanding thereof. Defendant also executed a written waiver after conferring with counsel and affirming that he understood its contents. Accordingly, and as...
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