People v. Lowell

State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: March 26, 2015 106083 ________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WILLIAM A. LOWELL, Appellant. ________________________________ Calendar Date: February 10, 2015 Before: Lahtinen, J.P., Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ. __________ Marcy I. Flores, Warrensburg, for appellant. Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady (Gerald A. Dwyer of counsel), for respondent. __________ Lahtinen, J.P. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Giardino, J.), rendered September 12, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of burglary in the second degree. In satisfaction of an indictment containing 25 charges against him, defendant pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree and waived his right to appeal. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to 6½ years in prison, to be followed by five years of postrelease supervision. Defendant appeals. We affirm. Defendant's sole argument on appeal, that he was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender, survives his valid waiver of the right to appeal but is unpreserved due to -2- 106083 his failure to object at sentencing (see People v Walton, 101 AD3d 1489, 1490 [2012], lv denied 20 NY3d 1105 [2013]; People v Glynn, 72 AD3d 1351, 1351-1352 [2010], lv denied 15 NY3d 773 [2010]). Moreover, reversal in the interest of justice is unwarranted under the circumstances presented herein (see People v Wilkins, 118 AD3d 1038, 1039 [2014], lvs denied 24 NY3d 960, 964, 965 [2014]; People v Walton, 101 AD3d at 1490). Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ., concur. ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. ENTER: Robert D. Mayberger Clerk of the Court