Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joel Rifkin, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-12-03
Citations: 289 A.D.2d 1103
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joel Rifkin, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 289
Pages: 1103–1104

Head Matter:
Second Department,
December, 2001
(December 3, 2001)
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joel Rifkin, Appellant.
Not published with other Second Department decisions of December 3, 2002.

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judg ment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), rendered September 18, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree (four counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant effectively waived his right to appeal upon his plea of guilty (see, People v Kemp, 94 NY2d 831). Ritter, J.P., Krausman, S. Miller and Florio, JJ., concur.