People v. Calaff

Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered March 24, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously dismissed.

We exercise our discretionary authority, after considering the relevant factors (see People v Taveras, 10 NY3d 227, 233 [2008]), to dismiss this 19-year-old appeal on the ground of “failure of timely prosecution or perfection” (CPL 470.60 [1]). “The right to appeal is a statutory right that must be…