Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Abdallah Elawar, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-08-02
Citations: 153 A.D.3d 552
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Abdallah Elawar, Appellant.
Judges: Eng, P.J., Leventhal, Austin, Duffy and Barros, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 552–552

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Abdallah Elawar, Appellant.
[56 NYS3d 892]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Del Giudice, J.), imposed June 18, 2014, 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 [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, Austin, Duffy and Barros, JJ., concur.