THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. STEVEN VANSKIVER DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2026)

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. STEVEN R. VANSKIVER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

23 Decided: March 20, 2026

PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, OGDEN, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.

THOMAS L. PELYCH, HORNELL, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. ASHLEY J. WILLIAMS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, GENESEO, 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 burglary in the third degree (Penal Law § 140.20). We affirm.

Because defendant does not raise any challenge to the validity of his waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Seymore, 188 AD3d 1767, 1768 [4th Dept 2020], lv denied 36 NY3d 1100 [2021]; People v Rosado-Thomas, 181 AD3d 1166, 1166 [4th Dept 2020], lv denied 35 NY3d 1048 [2020]), his challenge to the severity of his sentence “is foreclosed by his unchallenged waiver of the right to appeal” (Rosado-Thomas, 181 AD3d at 1167; see People v Halsey, 222 AD3d 1409, 1411 [4th Dept 2023], lv denied 41 NY3d 943 [2024]; People v Putman, 163 AD3d 1461, 1461 [4th Dept 2018]).

Entered: March 20, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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