| People v Strong |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 06453 [243 AD3d 1310] |
| November 21, 2025 |
| 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 J'Son Strong, Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.) |
Julie Cianca, Public Defender, Rochester (Jonathan Garvin of counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester (Merideth H. Smith of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Charles A. Schiano, Jr., J.), rendered July 25, 2022. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: In appeal Nos. 1 and 2, defendant appeals from two judgments, each convicting him, upon his plea of guilty during a single plea proceeding, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03 [3]). As defendant contends, and the People correctly concede, defendant's waivers of the right to appeal are invalid (see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 564-566 [2019], cert denied 589 US 1302 [2020]; People v Motell, 229 AD3d 1330, 1330-1331 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 43 NY3d 931 [2025]). Contrary to defendant's contention, however, his sentence is not unduly harsh or severe. Present—Montour, J.P., Smith, Greenwood, Nowak and Keane, JJ.