People v. Montalvo-Santiago

People v Montalvo-Santiago (2022 NY Slip Op 00530)

People v Montalvo-santiago

2022 NY Slip Op 00530

Decided on January 28, 2022

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on January 28, 2022 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., NEMOYER, CURRAN, WINSLOW, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
2 KA 19-00975

THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (ROBERT L. KEMP OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JOHN J. FLYNN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (MINDY F. VANLEUVAN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Sheila A. DiTullio, J.), rendered April 9, 2019. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a plea of guilty, of attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree.

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 attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 130.75 [1] [a]). As defendant contends and the People correctly concede, defendant did not validly waive his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 565-566, cert denied — US &mdash, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]). The sentence, however, is not unduly harsh or severe.

Entered: January 28, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court