People v. Billups

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), imposed July 10, 2014, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the People’s contention, the defendant’s purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid. The Supreme Court’s statements at the plea allocution improperly suggested that the right to appeal is automatically extinguished upon entry of a plea of guilty, and there is no other indication in the record that the defendant understood the…