People v. Zaruma

People v Zaruma (2014 NY Slip Op 06116)
People v Zaruma
2014 NY Slip Op 06116
Decided on September 10, 2014
Appellate Division, Second Department
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Decided on September 10, 2014SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAppellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
RUTH C. BALKIN
THOMAS A. DICKERSON
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2013-04312
(Ind. No. 1667/12)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Juan Zaruma, appellant.




Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jennifer Hagan, and Christine Disalvo of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Zayas, J.), imposed September 14, 2012, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant's waiver of his right to appeal was invalid and, therefore, does not preclude appellate review of his excessive sentence claim (see People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 265). However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

ENG, P.J., BALKIN, DICKERSON, CHAMBERS and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court