PEOPLE v. MERCADO (2025)

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

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Matthew L. MERCADO, appellant.

2023-03857

Decided: September 24, 2025

BETSY BARROS, J.P., VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, DEBORAH A. DOWLING, CARL J. LANDICINO, PHILLIP HOM, JJ.

Matthew Christiana, Brooklyn, NY, for appellant. David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Cynthia Dolan of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (William L. DeProspo, J.), imposed February 22, 2023, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v. Bolton, 235 A.D.3d 995, 226 N.Y.S.3d 616; People v. Young, 225 A.D.3d 903, 206 N.Y.S.3d 186). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145).

BARROS, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, DOWLING, LANDICINO and HOM, JJ., concur.

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