Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

People v. Williams

People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 30, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 02614
People v. Williams

Opinion

People v Williams (2025 NY Slip Op 02614)
People v Williams
2025 NY Slip Op 02614
Decided on April 30, 2025
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 30, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
BETSY BARROS, J.P.
LINDA CHRISTOPHER
HELEN VOUTSINAS
LAURENCE L. LOVE, JJ.

2024-02095
(Ind. No. 70916/21)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Matthew Williams, also known as "Vernon Howard," appellant.




Martha Krisel, New York, NY, for appellant.

Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and Monica M.C. Leiter of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County (Robert A. Schwartz, J.), imposed February 9, 2024, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255).

BARROS, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, VOUTSINAS and LOVE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court



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