Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elliot Carmona, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-02-03
Citations: 15 A.D.3d 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elliot Carmona, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elliot Carmona, Appellant.
[789 NYS2d 36]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira R. Globerman, J., at plea; John S. Moore, J., at sentence), rendered September 9, 2003, convicting defendant of attempted assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of six years, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of vacating the DNA databank fee, and otherwise affirmed.
Defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to appeal, and this waiver encompassed his excessive sentence claim (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733 [1998]). Accordingly, review of that claim is foreclosed (People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1, 9-10 [1989]). In any event, were we to find otherwise, we would perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
As the People concede, since the crime was committed before the effective date of the legislation (Penal Law § 60.35 [1] [e]) providing for the imposition of a DNA databank fee, that fee should not have been imposed. Since this issue involves the substantive legality of the sentence, it survives defendant's waiver of his right to appeal. Concur — Saxe, J.P., Friedman, Marlow, Sullivan and Williams, JJ.