People v. Ortizcora

People v Ortizcora (2018 NY Slip Op 05495) People v Ortizcora 2018 NY Slip Op 05495 Decided on July 25, 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 July 25, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. CHERYL E. CHAMBERS SHERI S. ROMAN JOSEPH J. MALTESE FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. 2016-01790 (Ind. No. 3134/13) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Marcos Ortizcora, appellant. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (William Kastin of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Christopher J. Blira-Koessler of counsel; Deanna Russo on the memorandum), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Ronald D. Hollie, J.), imposed February 1, 2016, upon his plea of guilty, 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 because the Supreme Court's oral colloquy improperly conflated the right to appeal with the rights automatically forfeited by a plea of guilty (see People v Resnick, 159 AD3d 724; People v Wells, 135 AD3d 976). However, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, ROMAN, MALTESE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court