People v. Converso

People v Converso (2024 NY Slip Op 04033) People v Converso 2024 NY Slip Op 04033 Decided on July 26, 2024 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 July 26, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, OGDEN, GREENWOOD, AND KEANE, JJ. 541 KA 22-00166 [*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v DANIEL CONVERSO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (JESSICA STICKL ASBACH OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. ANTHONY M. BRUCE, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, BATAVIA, FOR RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment of the Orleans County Court (Sanford A. Church, J.), rendered July 28, 2021. The judgment convicted defendant upon a guilty plea of attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of attempted course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 130.80 [1] [b]). Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that his waiver of the right to appeal was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent (see People v Hawkins, 224 AD3d 1219, 1219 [4th Dept 2024]; see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 559-564 [2019], cert denied — US &mdash, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]). Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal forecloses his challenge to the severity of his sentence (see Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255-256; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]; People v Lollie, 204 AD3d 1430, 1431 [4th Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 1134 [2022]). Entered: July 26, 2024 Ann Dillon Flynn Clerk of the Court