Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard E. Contreras, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-12-04
Citations: 112 A.D.3d 649
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Richard E. Contreras, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 649–650

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Richard E. Contreras, Appellant.
[975 NYS2d 904]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion and brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chin-Brandt, J.), imposed March 1, 2011, 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 [2011]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248 [2006]) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. However, contrary to the defendant's contentions, including those raised in his pro se supplemental brief, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, EJ., Angiolillo, Balkin and Hall, JJ., concur.