| People v Williams |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 03012 [160 AD3d 1470] |
| April 27, 2018 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Kenneth Williams, Appellant. |
David J. Pajak, Alden, for defendant-appellant.
John J. Flynn, District Attorney, Buffalo (Matthew B. Powers of counsel), forrespondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Deborah A. Haendiges, J.),rendered December 8, 2016. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, ofattempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts).
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of twocounts of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law§§ 110.00, 265.03 [3]), defendant contends that his waiver of the right toappeal is invalid. We reject that contention. The record establishes that Supreme Court"conducted an adequate colloquy to ensure that the waiver of the right to appeal was a knowingand voluntary choice" (People vDavis, 129 AD3d 1613, 1613 [4th Dept 2015], lv denied 26 NY3d 966 [2015][internal quotation marks omitted]), and that "[t]he 'plea colloquy, together with the writtenwaiver of the right to appeal, adequately apprised defendant that the right to appeal is separateand distinct from those rights automatically forfeited upon a plea of guilty' " (People v Williams, 132 AD3d1291, 1291 [4th Dept 2015], lv denied 26 NY3d 1151 [2016]; see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248,256 [2006]). The court also advised defendant of the maximum sentence that could be imposed(see People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827 [1998]), and the record establishes thatdefendant understood that he was waiving his right to appeal both the conviction and thesentence (see People v Wallace, 141AD3d 1115, 1115 [4th Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 975 [2016]; cf. People v Maracle, 19 NY3d925, 928 [2012]).
Although defendant's release to parole supervision does not render his challenge to theseverity of the sentence moot because he "remains under the control of the Parole Board until hissentence has terminated" (People vSebring, 111 AD3d 1346, 1347 [4th Dept 2013], lv denied 22 NY3d 1159[2014] [internal quotation marks omitted]), we conclude that the valid waiver of the right toappeal encompasses " 'the right to invoke [this Court's] interest-of-justice jurisdiction toreduce the sentence' " (People vKeiser, 38 AD3d 1254, 1254 [4th Dept 2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 877 [2007],denied reconsideration 9 NY3d 991 [2007], quoting Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255).Present—Centra, J.P., DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Winslow, JJ.