| 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. |
| 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 1