Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jermel Bennett, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-04-06
Citations: 138 A.D.3d 755
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jermel Bennett, Appellant.
Judges: Eng, P.J., Leventhal, Dickerson, Miller and Duffy, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 755–755

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jermel Bennett, Appellant.
[27 NYS3d 894]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Koenderman, J.), imposed November 25, 2013, 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 Brown, 122 AD3d 133 [2014]) 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, P.J., Leventhal, Dickerson, Miller and Duffy, JJ., concur.