People v. D'Avila

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Walsh, J.), rendered August 3, 2004, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s purported waiver of the right to appeal was not valid because it was based on an incorrect statement of law (cf. People v Brown, 13 AD3d 548, 549 [2004]). However, the defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that the sentencing court failed to exercise any discretion in imposing sentence (see CPL 470.05 [2]).

The…