People v Lyons
2018 NY Slip Op 03857 [161 AD3d 1196]
May 30, 2018
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, June 27, 2018


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 The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Beth Lyons, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Lynn W. L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant.

Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, NY (Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel),for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court,Richmond County (Stephen J. Rooney, J.), imposed June 12, 2014, upon her plea of guilty, onthe ground that the sentence was excessive. Cross motion by the respondent to dismiss the appealon the ground that it is barred by CPL 450.10 (1).

Ordered that the cross motion is denied; and it is further,

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant's valid waiver of her right to appeal precludes review of her contention thatthe sentence imposed was excessive (seePeople v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 264-267 [2011]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255-256 [2006]; People vHidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]; People v Barone, 120 AD3d 826 [2014]). Chambers, J.P.,Hinds-Radix, Maltese and Iannacci, JJ., concur.


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