Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roy Ritorto, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-11-16
Citations: 144 A.D.3d 949
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Roy Ritorto, Appellant.
Judges: Eng, P.J., Dillon, Sgroi, Miller and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 949–950

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Roy Ritorto, Appellant.
[40 NYS3d 790]—

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a resentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Del Giudice, J.), imposed March 31, 2015, upon his plea of guilty, after remittitur from this Court (see People v Ritorto, 125 AD3d 896 [2015]), on the ground that the resentence was excessive.
Ordered that the resentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid, as the record fails to establish that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Maracle, 19 NY3d 925, 927-928 [2012]; People v Hunter, 139 AD3d 754 [2016]; People v Barksdale, 131 AD3d 704 [2015]; People v Bostic, 125 AD3d 992 [2015]). Thus, the waiver does not preclude review of the defendant's excessive sentence claim. However, the resentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]).
Eng, P.J., Dillon, Sgroi, Miller and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.