People v. Haney

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered August 22, 2011, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.

In satisfaction of an indictment charging him with various sex offenses, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse in the first degree and purportedly waived his right to appeal. Defendant was thereafter sentenced, in accordance with the plea agreement, to a prison term of three years to be followed by postrelease supervision of three years.

Appellate counsel seeks to…