People v. Rutledge

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ruth Pickholz, J., at hearing; Laura A. Ward, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered September 7, 2010, convicting defendant of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 17 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid for the same reasons found in People v Braithwaite (73 AD3d 656 [1st Dept 2010], lv denied 15 NY3d 849 [2010]).

The Supreme Court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress statements made to the police since the totality of the…