People v. Garcia-Mendoza

People v Garcia-Mendoza (2018 NY Slip Op 02484) People v Garcia-Mendoza 2018 NY Slip Op 02484 Decided on April 11, 2018 Appellate Division, Second 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 April 11, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P. SHERI S. ROMAN BETSY BARROS LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ. 2016-10861 (Ind. No. 2902-14) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Teodoro Garcia-Mendoza, appellant. Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant. Timothy D. Sini, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Croce of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Barbara Kahn, J.), imposed January 22, 2016, upon his conviction of criminal sexual act in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Bryant, 28 NY3d 1094; People v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337). The defendant's valid appeal waiver precludes review of his excessive sentence claim (see People v Edwin L., 142 AD3d 718; People v Conway, 140 AD3d 1185). CHAMBERS, J.P., ROMAN, BARROS and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court