People v Koumjian

People v Koumjian 2012 NY Slip Op 08361 Decided on December 6, 2012 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: December 6, 2012
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[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,

v

JAMES KOUMJIAN, Appellant.

Calendar Date: November 20, 2012
Before: Peters, P.J., Rose, Lahtinen, Malone Jr. and Garry, JJ.


Mark Diamond, Albany, for appellant.
Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady
(John R. Healy of counsel), for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER


Garry, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Hoye, J.), rendered October 22, 2010, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree (three counts).

In satisfaction of a 76-count indictment stemming from repeated thefts from his employer, defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of grand larceny in the third degree. Defendant further waived his right to appeal and agreed to pay a specified amount of restitution to his employer, with County Court committing in return to impose a prison term of no more than 2 to 6 years upon each count, amounting to an aggregate prison sentence of 6 to 18 years. County Court ultimately imposed that sentence and ordered defendant to pay restitution, and he appeals.

We affirm. During the plea colloquy, County Court fully and separately explained the import of an appeal waiver to defendant, who expressed his understanding of its ramifications, then reviewed a detailed written waiver with defense counsel and executed it. Defendant thus validly waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence, which precludes our review of his claims that the sentence was harsh and excessive and that the agreed-upon sum of restitution ordered lacked sufficient record support (see People v Lopez, 97 AD3d 853, 853-854 [2012], lv denied 19 NY3d 1027 [2012]; People v Dishaw, 81 AD3d 1035, 1037 [2011], lv denied 16 NY3d 858 [2011]). Finally, defendant was appropriately sentenced to consecutive terms of [*2]imprisonment as he pleaded guilty to three counts of larceny that involved "wholly distinct acts of stealing from" his employer (People v Barreau, 232 AD2d 238, 239 [1996], lv denied 89 NY2d 1032 [1997]; see People v Morrison, 290 AD2d 808, 809-810 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 653 [2002]).

Peters, P.J., Rose, Lahtinen and Malone Jr., JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.