THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. JON FONTAINE DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2016)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by vacating the amount of restitution ordered and as modified the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to Monroe County Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum:  On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted burglary in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 140.25[2] ), defendant contends in his main and pro se supplemental briefs that his waiver of the right to appeal was not valid.  We reject that contention.  The plea colloquy, together with the written waiver of the right to appeal executed by defendant, establishes that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered (see People v. Johnson, 122 AD3d 1324, 1324;  People v. Guantero, 100 AD3d 1386, 1386–1387, lv denied 21 NY3d 1004;  People v. Jones, 96 AD3d 1637, 1637, lv denied 19 NY3d 1103).  Defendant's contention in his main and pro se supplemental briefs that the indictment was facially defective because it failed to specify the precise date on which the offenses were committed and instead gave a 13–month time span was forfeited by defendant's guilty plea and, in any event, the waiver of the right to appeal encompasses that contention (see People v. Turley, 130 AD3d 1578, 1578, lv denied 26 NY3d 972, reconsideration denied 26 NY3d 1093;  People v. Slingerland, 101 AD3d 1265, 1265–1266, lv denied 20 NY3d 1104;  see generally People v. Iannone, 45 N.Y.2d 589, 600–601).  The waiver of the right to appeal also encompasses defendant's contention in his main brief that County Court erred in issuing orders of protection in favor of his father, brother, and stepsister inasmuch as the orders of protection were disclosed as part of defendant's plea prior to both the plea colloquy and defendant's waiver of the right to appeal (cf.  People v. Nicometo, 137 AD3d 1619, 1620;  People v. Lilley, 81 AD3d 1448, 1448, lv denied 17 NY3d 860).

Defendant's contention in his main brief that the court erred in directing him to pay a specified amount of restitution without conducting a hearing “ ‘is not foreclosed by his waiver of the right to appeal because the amount of restitution was not included in the terms of the plea agreement’ “ (People v. Tessitore, 101 AD3d 1621, 1622, lv denied 20 NY3d 1104;  see People v. Burns, 111 AD3d 1293, 1293).  We agree with defendant that “the record ‘does not contain sufficient evidence to establish the amount [of restitution to be imposed]’ “ (People v. Lawson [appeal No. 7], 124 AD3d 1249, 1250).  We thus conclude that the court “ ‘erred in determining the amount of restitution without holding a hearing’ “ (id.).  We therefore modify the judgment by vacating the amount of restitution ordered, and we remit the matter to County Court for a hearing to determine the amount of restitution to be paid by defendant.

We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions in his pro se supplemental brief and conclude that none warrants reversal or further modification of the judgment.

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court