PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS

2022-08118. Ind. No. 70449/22.

220 A.D.3d 719 (2023)

195 N.Y.S.3d 812

2023 NY Slip Op 05007

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Keyshawn Matthews, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided October 4, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY ( Russ Altman-Merino of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( Johnnette Traill and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel; Michael Lazard on the memorandum), for respondent.

Barros, J.P., Chambers, Ford and Voutsinas, JJ., concur.


Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Mary L. Bejarano, J.), imposed September 6, 2022, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The record does not establish that the defendant's waiver of the right to appeal was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent, as the Supreme Court mischaracterized the nature of the right to appeal by stating that the defendant...

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