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People v Free (2023 NY Slip Op 03139)

People v Free

2023 NY Slip Op 03139

Decided on June 9, 2023

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 9, 2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

PRESENT: PERADOTTO, J.P., BANNISTER, MONTOUR, AND GREENWOOD, JJ.

465 KA 22-00049

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,
vDAVID W. FREE, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. 

KATHLEEN E. CASEY, BARKER, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
BRIAN D. SEAMAN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (THOMAS H. BRANDT OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT. 

	Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Matthew J. Murphy, III, J.), rendered December 13, 2021. The judgment convicted defendant upon a plea of guilty of attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree. 
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 130.75 [1] [b]), defendant contends that his waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and that his sentence is unduly harsh and severe. Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal is invalid and therefore does not preclude his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Terry, 203 AD3d 1578, 1578 [4th Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 1010 [2022]), we perceive no basis in the record to exercise our power to modify the sentence as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [6] [b]).
Entered: June 9, 2023
Ann Dillon Flynn
Clerk of the Court