| People v Gates |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 07020 [244 AD3d 1001] |
| December 17, 2025 |
| 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 Emmanuel Gates, Also Known as "Manny," Appellant. |
Matthew Christiana, Brooklyn, NY, for appellant.
David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Cynthia Dolan of counsel), for respondent.
Crimes - Appeal - Valid Waiver of Right to Appeal
Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from (1) a sentence of the County Court, Orange County (Hyun Chin Kim, J.), imposed April 2, 2024, under Superior Court Information No. 70696/23, and (2) a sentence of the same court (Craig S. Brown, J.), also imposed April 2, 2024, under indictment No. 70812/23, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.
Ordered that the sentences are affirmed.
The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545 [2019]). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentences imposed were excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255 [2006]). Duffy, J.P., Genovesi, Ford, Taylor and McCormack, JJ., concur.