Court Opinion

ID: 2751726
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-11-14 20:05:19.765156+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:50.759398
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
             Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1071
KA 13-02112
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                     V                               MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ERIC EASTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

DAVID J. FARRUGIA, PUBLIC DEFENDER, LOCKPORT (MARY-JEAN BOWMAN OF
COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

MICHAEL J. VIOLANTE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (LAURA T. BITTNER OF
COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Sara S.
Farkas, J.), rendered July 15, 2013. The judgment convicted
defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the
first degree.

     It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is
unanimously affirmed.

     Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him
upon his plea of guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree
(Penal Law § 120.25). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the record
establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived
the right to appeal (see generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256),
and that valid waiver encompasses his challenge to the severity of the
sentence (see id. at 255; see generally People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825,
827; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737).

Entered:   November 14, 2014                       Frances E. Cafarell
                                                   Clerk of the Court