Court Opinion

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

826/11
KA 09-00930
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CENTRA, CARNI, AND SCONIERS, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                    V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TYRAY GILLIAM, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

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

TYRAY GILLIAM, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT PRO SE.

WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (JAMES P. MAXWELL
OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a judgment of the Onondaga County Court (William D.
Walsh, J.), rendered May 28, 2008. The judgment convicted defendant,
upon his plea of guilty, of rape in the second degree. The judgment
was affirmed by order of this Court entered July 1, 2011 (86 AD3d
923), and defendant on November 28, 2011 was granted leave to appeal
to the Court of Appeals from the order of this Court (17 NY3d 953),
and the Court of Appeals on May 8, 2012 reversed the order and
remitted the case to this Court for clarification of the basis of this
Court’s decision (___ NY3d ___ [May 8, 2012]).

     Now, upon remittitur from the Court of Appeals,

     It is hereby ORDERED that, upon remittitur from the Court of
Appeals, the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

     Memorandum: In a prior appeal (People v Gilliam, 86 AD3d 923,
revd ___ NY3d ___ [May 8, 2012]), we summarily affirmed the judgment
convicting defendant of rape in the second degree (Penal Law § 130.30
[1]). Defendant had contended that his sentence was unduly harsh and
severe. In reversing our order, the Court of Appeals concluded that
we may not summarily affirm a judgment “without indicating whether
[we] relied on the waiver [of the right to appeal] or determined that
the sentencing claim lacked merit” (Gilliam, ___ NY3d at ___). The
Court remitted the matter to this Court “for clarification of the
basis of [our] decision” (id. at ___).

     Upon remittal, we conclude that defendant’s unrestricted waiver
of the right to appeal encompassed his right to challenge the severity
of the sentence (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737). To the
extent that defendant in his pro se supplemental brief challenges “the
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denial of his CPL 190.80 motion for release on his own recognizance
predicated on the alleged failure to indict him within 45 days of his
arrest, we note that such a challenge became moot when the indictment
was issued” (People v Phillips, 277 AD2d 816, 819, lv denied 96 NY2d
804). The remaining contention of defendant in his pro se
supplemental brief, which concerns a matter raised in his omnibus
motion, is not properly before us. That contention is also
encompassed by defendant’s unrestricted waiver of the right to appeal
and, in any event, “[t]he record reflects that defendant withdrew his
omnibus motion as part of the plea of guilty, thereby foreclosing our
review of the issues raised therein” (People v Thousand, 41 AD3d 1272,
1273, lv denied 9 NY3d 927; see People v Williams, 55 AD3d 759; People
v Gully, 17 AD3d 382, lv denied 5 NY3d 763).

Entered:   June 15, 2012                       Frances E. Cafarell
                                               Clerk of the Court