Court Opinion

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
             Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

815
KA 09-00176
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., CARNI, LINDLEY, SCONIERS, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                      V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM ALLEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (PIOTR BANASIAK OF
COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (SUSAN C.
AZZARELLI OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a resentence of the Onondaga County Court (Joseph E.
Fahey, J.), rendered November 21, 2008. Defendant was resentenced
upon his conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the second
degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and false
personation.

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

     Memorandum: Defendant was convicted upon his plea of guilty of,
inter alia, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
(Penal Law § 265.03 [3]) and now appeals from the resentence,
contending that his waiver of the right to appeal is not valid and
thus does not encompass his present challenge to the severity of the
sentence. Although defendant validly waived the right to appeal at
the plea proceeding (see generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256),
that waiver does not preclude him from challenging the sentence
imposed upon resentencing (see People v Gray, 32 AD3d 1052, 1053, lv
denied 7 NY3d 902; People v Tausinger, 21 AD3d 1181, 1183; see
generally People v Dexter, 71 AD3d 1504, 1504-1505, lv denied 14 NY3d
887; People v Rodriguez, 259 AD2d 1040). Nevertheless, on the merits,
we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

Entered:    July 6, 2012                           Frances E. Cafarell
                                                   Clerk of the Court