Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Russell Villanti, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-07-26
Citations: 152 A.D.3d 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Russell Villanti, Appellant.
Judges: Eng, P.J., Leventhal, Sgroi, Cohen and Miller, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 801–801

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Russell Villanti, Appellant.
[56 NYS3d 468]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), imposed March 14, 2016, 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, 267 [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, Sgroi, Cohen and Miller, JJ., concur.