People v. Keiser

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (T. Dolan, J.), rendered April 12, 2007, convicting him of attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

*928Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

As a threshold matter, the defendant’s written waiver of his right to appeal was not valid, because the County Court did not ensure that he “understood the valued right [he] was relinquishing” (People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 257 [2006]; People v Elcine, 43 AD3d 1176, 1177 [2007] [internal quotation marks omitted]). A detailed…