THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. DEQUAN BAILEY DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2016)

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 five counts of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [1], [2][b] ) and one count of robbery in the first degree (§ 160.15[4] ).  We conclude that defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v. Knox, 133 AD3d 1257, 1257;  see generally People v. Sanders, 25 NY3d 337, 340–341).  Contrary to defendant's contention, his waiver of the right to appeal “was not rendered invalid based on [Supreme Court]'s failure to require defendant to articulate [it] in his own words” (People v. Dozier, 59 AD3d 987, 987, lv denied 12 NY3d 815).  The waiver encompasses defendant's challenges to the court's refusal to suppress identification testimony (see Sanders, 25 NY3d at 342;  People v. Kemp, 94 N.Y.2d 831, 833), the court's exercise of discretion in denying his request for youthful offender status (see People v. Pacherille, 25 NY3d 1021, 1024), and the severity of the sentence (see People v. Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256).

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court