| People v Bradley |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 08495 [167 AD3d 768] |
| December 12, 2018 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Shahleek Bradley, Appellant. |
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (David L. Goodwin of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Lori Glachman ofcounsel; Christian Ro on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from two sentences of the SupremeCourt, Kings County (Betty J. Williams, J.), both imposed January 25, 2016, upon his pleas ofguilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.
Ordered that the sentences are affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Ayala, 164 AD3d 815[2018]; People v Jones, 158 AD3d775 [2018]). The Supreme Court failed to provide an adequate explanation of the right toappeal, and while the defendant signed a written waiver of appeal, the court failed to obtainconfirmation that the defendant had read the document before signing it and that he understoodit. As a result, the defendant's alleged waiver does not preclude review of his excessive sentenceclaims. However, the sentences imposed were not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90AD2d 80 [1982]). Dillon, J.P., Austin, Roman and Maltese, JJ., concur.