People v. Katsafaros

Garry, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Koweek, J.), rendered May 6, 2014, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of rape in the second degree.

Defendant, then 62 years old, pleaded guilty to the sole count of an indictment charging him with rape in the second degree and admitted that he had sexual intercourse with a person who was under the age of 15. A waiver of appeal was set forth as a term of the plea agreement during the allocution, and defendant signed a written plea document that included a qualified waiver of appeal. The People…