| People v Lian Qiu |
| 2014 NYSlipOp 06996 [121 AD3d 918] |
| October 15, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Lian Qiu, Appellant. |
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel; Brian Adelmann on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from three sentences of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chin-Brandt, J., at plea; Melendez, J., at sentence), all imposed October 9, 2012, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.
Ordered that the sentences are affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257 [2011]; People v Contreras, 112 AD3d 649 [2013]; People v Torres, 109 AD3d 669 [2013]) and, thus, does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claims. However, the sentences imposed were not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Eng, P.J., Balkin, Dickerson, Chambers and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.