Court Opinion

ID: 4110801
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Date Created: 2016-12-23 20:09:34.059342+00
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
           Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1164
KA 14-00821
PRESENT: CARNI, J.P., LINDLEY, DEJOSEPH, CURRAN, AND TROUTMAN, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                    V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOSHUA A. GANG, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (TIMOTHY P. MURPHY OF
COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JOSEPH V. CARDONE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALBION (KATHERINE BOGAN OF
COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a judgment of the Orleans County Court (James P.
Punch, J.), rendered July 8, 2013. The judgment convicted defendant,
upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second 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 burglary in the second degree (Penal Law
§ 140.25 [2]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the 18-month
preindictment delay did not deprive him of due process (see generally
People v Singer, 44 NY2d 241, 253-254). It is well established that
“a determination made in good faith to defer commencement of the
prosecution for further investigation[,] or for other sufficient
reasons, will not deprive the defendant of due process of law even
though the delay may cause some prejudice to the defense” (Singer, 44
NY2d at 254). Here, the “investigative delays were satisfactorily
explained and were permissible exercises of prosecutorial discretion”
(People v Nazario, 85 AD3d 577, 577, lv denied 17 NY3d 904). Upon our
review of the factors set forth in People v Taranovich (37 NY2d 442,
445), we conclude that the delay did not deprive defendant of his
right to due process (see People v Johnson, 134 AD3d 1388, 1389-1390,
affd ___ NY3d ___ [Nov. 17, 2016]).

     With respect to defendant’s remaining contentions, even assuming,
arguendo, that defendant’s waiver of the right to appeal was knowing,
intelligent and voluntary, we agree with defendant that the waiver
does not encompass his challenge to the severity of the sentence
because “ ‘no mention was made on the record during the course of the
allocution concerning the waiver of defendant’s right to appeal his
conviction’ that he was also waiving his right to appeal any issue
concerning the severity of the sentence” (People v Lorenz, 119 AD3d
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                                                         KA 14-00821

1450, 1450, lv denied 24 NY3d 962; see People v Maracle, 19 NY3d 925,
928). Nevertheless, we reject defendant’s contention that his
sentence is unduly harsh and severe.

Entered:   December 23, 2016                   Frances E. Cafarell
                                               Clerk of the Court