People v James
2015 NY Slip Op 05821 [130 AD3d 1485]
July 2, 2015
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, September 2, 2015


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Antonio L. James, Appellant.

The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Nicholas P. Difonzo of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Friedman, District Attorney, Batavia (William G. Zickl of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Genesee County Court (Robert C. Noonan, J.), rendered November 27, 2013. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of grand larceny in the fourth degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of grand larceny in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 155.30 [1]), defendant contends that his waiver of the right to appeal is unenforceable and that his sentence is unduly harsh and severe. "Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal is unenforceable . . . , or that it does not otherwise preclude his challenge to the severity of his sentence" (People v Vann, 115 AD3d 1334, 1334 [2014]), we nevertheless perceive no basis to modify the sentence, an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 11/3 to 3 years, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [6] [b]). We note that, although defendant was only 22 years old at the time of sentencing, he already had an extensive criminal record, including four prior felonies, and he failed to complete three separate terms of probation. Present—Scudder, P.J., Carni, Lindley, Valentino and Whalen, JJ.