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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. LESTER A. BRAXTON, DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
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 attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 265.03[3] ) and driving while intoxicated (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192[3] ). Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see generally People v. Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256). We agree with defendant that County Court's statement to defendant that, “by pleading guilty, [he would] give up the right to allege the police unlawfully collected evidence or did anything else illegal” was misleading to the extent that it improperly implied that defendant's right to challenge the court's suppression ruling on appeal was automatically extinguished upon the entry of his guilty plea (see generally People v. Moyett, 7 NY3d 892, 892–893; People v. Williams, 49 AD3d 1281, 1282, lv denied 10 NY3d 940). Nevertheless, we conclude that “ ‘County Court's plea colloquy, together with the written waiver of the right to appeal, adequately apprised defendant that the right to appeal is separate and distinct from those rights automatically forfeited upon a plea of guilty’ “ (People v. Arney, 120 AD3d 949, 949; see People v. Ramos, 7 NY3d 737, 738; Williams, 49 AD3d at 1282). Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal encompasses his challenge to the court's suppression ruling (see People v. Kemp, 94 N.Y.2d 831, 833), and his challenge to the severity of the bargained-for sentence (see Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255).
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 13–00500
Decided: June 19, 2015
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
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