Legal Opinion

People v. Opoku

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 30, 2009PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), rendered October 30, 2007, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contentions that the sentence imposed was excessive and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel except to the extent that the alleged ineffective assistance involved the voluntariness of his plea (see People v…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. LopezNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. People v. SeabergNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. People v. PetgenNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. BarrettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. People v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  4. People v. MercerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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