The People, etc., Respondent, v. Emmanuel Gates, also known as “Manny,” Appellant. (2025)

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

The People, etc., Respondent, v. Emmanuel Gates, also known as “Manny,” Appellant.

2024-02895, 2025-03547

Decided: December 17, 2025

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P. LARA J. GENOVESI WILLIAM G. FORD JANICE A. TAYLOR JAMES P. MCCORMACK, JJ.

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

Submitted—November 19, 2025

DECISION & ORDER

(S.C.I. No. 70696/23;

/23)

Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from (1) a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (Hyun Chin Kim, J.), imposed April 2, 2024, under Superior Court Information No. 70696/23, and (2) a sentence of the same court (Craig S. Brown, J.), also imposed April 2, 2024, under Indictment No. 70812/23, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.

ORDERED that the sentences are affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v. Thomas, 34 NY3d 545). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentences imposed were excessive (see People v. Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255).

DUFFY, J.P., GENOVESI, FORD, TAYLOR and MCCORMACK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

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