Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Morel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-02-24
Citations: 4 A.D.3d 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Morel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 254–254

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Morel, Appellant.
[771 NYS2d 654]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J), rendered February 20, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 4 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
After a jury convicted defendant of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance but failed to reach a verdict on the charge of first-degree possession, defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal from his conviction as part of an agreement with the People whereby the first-degree possession count was dismissed. This waiver was without limitation, and it applies to all the issues defendant now raises on appeal (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733 [1998]). In any event, were we to find that defendant did not make a valid waiver of his right to appeal, we would find each of his claims to be unavailing. Concur—Tom, J.P, Andrias, Saxe, Ellerin and Marlow, JJ.