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2019 NY Slip Op 09026
N.Y. App. Div. 2nd
2019

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Berinzon Moronta, Appellant.

Appellate Division, Second Department, New York

December 18, 2019

2019 NY Slip Op 09026 | 178 AD3d 955

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, January 29, 2020.

Marianne Karas, Thornwood, NY, for appellant.

Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, NY (Brian R. Pouliot and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a resentence of the County Court, Westchester County (Barry E. Warhit, J.), imposed February 28, 2018, upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty.

Ordered that the resentence is affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337, 340-341 [2015]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]; People v Batista, 167 AD3d 69, 74 [2018]). The defendant‘s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentencing court improvidently exercised its discretion in declining to grant him youthful offender treatment (see People v Pacherille, 25 NY3d 1021, 1024 [2015]; People v Basurto-Lopez, 166 AD3d 643, 643 [2018]).

The defendant‘s valid waiver of his right to appeal also precludes appellate review of his contention that his counsel was ineffective at resentencing, as his contention does not relate to the voluntariness of his plea (see People v Joseph, 142 AD3d 627, 627 [2016]; People v Tarrant, 114 AD3d 710, 711 [2014]). Additionally, the defendant‘s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that his resentence was excessive (see People v Ayala, 172 AD3d 1085, 1087 [2019]; People v McLeggan, 156 AD3d 903, 903 [2017]). Chambers, J.P., Maltese, LaSalle and Connolly, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: People v Moronta
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department
Date Published: Dec 18, 2019
Citations: 2019 NY Slip Op 09026; 178 AD3d 955; 2018-03343
Docket Number: 2018-03343
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div. 2nd
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