People v Rankine
2017 NY Slip Op 06197 [153 AD3d 732]
August 16, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, September 27, 2017


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 The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Dechean V. Rankine, Appellant.

Philip H. Schnabel, Chester, NY, for appellant.

David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, NY (Elizabeth L. Schulz of counsel), forrespondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Freehill, J.),rendered June 6, 2016, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree,upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal (see People v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337, 341-342 [2015]; People v Ramos, 7 NY3d 737[2006]; People v Muniz, 91 NY2d 570, 575 [1998]) precludes appellate review of hiscontention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1, 9[1989]). Rivera, J.P., Chambers, Maltese and Barros, JJ., concur.


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