People v. Flores

<div>People v Flores - 2026 NY Slip Op 01982

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>People v Flores</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 01982</p> <p>April 1, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Second Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>The People of the State of New York, respondent,</p> <p>v</p> <p>Joseph Flores, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 70143/23)</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 1, 2026</p> <p>2023-02527</p> <p>Betsy Barros, J.P.</p> <p>Lillian Wan</p> <p>James P. Mccormack</p> <p>Phillip Hom, JJ.</p> <div> <p>Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant.</p> <p>Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, NY (Thomas B. Litsky and Nicole Kaye of counsel), for respondent.</p> </div> <span>[*1]</span> <p>DECISION &amp; ORDER</p> <p>Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Lisa Grey, J.), rendered June 8, 2023, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.</p> <p>ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.</p> <p>The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (<i>see People v Lopez</i>, 6 NY3d 248, 257; <i>People v Hidalgo</i>, 243 AD3d 677). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his challenges to the procedure used to adjudicate him a second felony offender (<i>see People v Simpson</i>, 244 AD3d 762).</p> <p>To the extent the defendant contends that New York's predicate felony offender statutes are facially unconstitutional, that contention is not precluded by the appeal waiver (<i>see People v Johnson</i>, ___ NY3d ___, 2025 NY Slip Op 06528; <i>People v Smith</i>, 244 AD3d 1144). However, that contention is unpreserved for appellate review (<i>see</i> CPL 470.05[2]), and we decline to reach it in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction (<i>see</i> <i>People v Smith</i>, 244 AD3d 1144).</p> <p>The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (<i>see People v Montano</i>, 235 AD3d 1003).</p> <p>BARROS, J.P., WAN, MCCORMACK and HOM, JJ., concur.</p> <p>ENTER:</p> <p>Darrell M. Joseph</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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