Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Matista, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-05-22
Citations: 106 A.D.3d 1020
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Matista, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 106
Pages: 1020–1020

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Matista, Appellant.
[965 NYS2d 356]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Aloise, J.), imposed February 24, 2009, 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 Callahan, 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]). Mastro, J.P., Angiolillo, Dickerson and Hall, JJ., concur.