People v. Tolbert

People v Tolbert (2014 NY Slip Op 06216)
People v Tolbert
2014 NY Slip Op 06216
Decided on September 17, 2014
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on September 17, 2014SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAppellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
MARK C. DILLON
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2011-11464
(Ind. No. 5529/11)

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

v

Eddie Tolbert, appellant.




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

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Joyce Slevin of counsel of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DiMango, J.), imposed November 23, 2011, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 267; People v Pressley, 116 AD3d 794), and thus, does not preclude review of his claim that his sentence was excessive. However, contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).

ENG, P.J., DILLON, CHAMBERS and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court