THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. ANTHONY WOODWARD DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2025)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. ANTHONY WOODWARD, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

203 Decided: March 21, 2025

PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., CURRAN, GREENWOOD, AND HANNAH, JJ.

THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (AXELLE LECOMTE MATHEWSON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MICHAEL J. KEANE, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (DANIEL J. PUNCH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

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 three counts of burglary in the third degree (Penal Law § 140.20). We agree with defendant that the waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and therefore does not preclude our review of his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Thomas, 34 NY2d 545, 564-566 [2019], cert denied — US —, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]; People v Humphrey, 218 AD3d 1354, 1354 [4th Dept 2023]; People v Martin, 213 AD3d 1299, 1299-1300 [4th Dept 2023]). Nonetheless, we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

Entered: March 21, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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