People v. Taylor

People v Taylor (2025 NY Slip Op 06084)

People v Taylor

2025 NY Slip Op 06084

Decided on November 5, 2025

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on November 5, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
WILLIAM G. FORD
JANICE A. TAYLOR
JAMES MCCORMACK, JJ.
2022-09213
(Ind. No. 6912/18)

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Robert C. Langdon of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Avshalom Yotam of counsel; Ruth Reid on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Heidi Cesare, J.), imposed November 2, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Under the totality of the circumstances, the record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 559; People v Freistat, 238 AD3d 897, 898). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that his sentence was excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255; People v Florio, 179 AD3d 834, 835).

DUFFY, J.P., CHAMBERS, FORD, TAYLOR and MCCORMACK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court