Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elijah Boakye, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-09-25
Citations: 109 A.D.3d 998
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elijah Boakye, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 109
Pages: 998–998

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elijah Boakye, Appellant.
[971 NYS2d 474]

Opinion:
— Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DiMango, J.), imposed March 20, 2012, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 265 [2011]; People v DeSimone, 80 NY2d 273, 283 [1992]) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, EJ., Angiolillo, Balkin and Hall, JJ., concur.