People v Colon
2021 NY Slip Op 00264 [190 AD3d 563]
January 19, 2021
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, March 3, 2021


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Kervin Colon, Appellant.

Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Antonio Villaamil of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, New York (Daniel J. Young of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bahaati E. Pitt, J.), rendered November 6, 2017, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant's contention, the court made a youthful offender determination during the sentencing proceeding (see CPL 720.20; People v Rudolph, 21 NY3d 497 [2013]). At sentencing, the court referred to its denial of a request for such treatment made by counsel during the plea proceeding. However, the statements the court made when imposing sentence, viewed as a whole, indicated that it was making a new determination, in which it adhered to its prior decision after having reviewed the presentence report. Accordingly, a remand is unnecessary.

Defendant's challenge to the alleged excessiveness of his sentence is barred by his valid waiver of the right to appeal. Any ambiguity in the court's oral colloquy with defendant was clarified by the written waiver, which defendant acknowledged having discussed with his counsel before signing it in open court in counsel's presence. Regardless of whether defendant made a valid appeal waiver, we perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur—Webber, J.P., Mazzarelli, González, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.