People v. Friedrick

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Essex County (Meyer, J.), rendered February 6, 2007, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted assault in the second degree.

Having beaten the victim by punching and kicking him in the face, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted assault in the second degree. County Court thereafter sentenced him to 1 to 3 years in prison. Defendant now appeals.

Inasmuch as we agree with defendant that he did not validly waive his right to appeal (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]), we have considered his claim that the sentence…