People v Vanskiver
2026 NY Slip Op 01633
Decided on March 20, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on March 20, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, OGDEN, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.

23 KA 24-01214

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

STEVEN R. VANSKIVER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.




THOMAS L. PELYCH, HORNELL, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

ASHLEY J. WILLIAMS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, GENESEO, FOR RESPONDENT.



Appeal from a judgment of the Livingston County Court (Jennifer M. Noto, J.), rendered July 11, 2024. The judgment convicted defendant upon a plea of guilty of burglary in the third 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 burglary in the third degree (Penal Law § 140.20). We affirm.

Because defendant does not raise any challenge to the validity of his waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Seymore, 188 AD3d 1767, 1768 [4th Dept 2020], lv denied 36 NY3d 1100 [2021]; People v Rosado-Thomas, 181 AD3d 1166, 1166 [4th Dept 2020], lv denied 35 NY3d 1048 [2020]), his challenge to the severity of his sentence "is foreclosed by his unchallenged waiver of the right to appeal" (Rosado-Thomas, 181 AD3d at 1167; see People v Halsey, 222 AD3d 1409, 1411 [4th Dept 2023], lv denied 41 NY3d 943 [2024]; People v Putman, 163 AD3d 1461, 1461 [4th Dept 2018]).

Entered: March 20, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court