PEOPLE v. STOKES

169/15. 7643A. 7643.

166 A.D.3d 489 (2018)

85 N.Y.S.3d 870

2018 NY Slip Op 07933

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Howard Stokes, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided November 20, 2018.


Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal. The court's oral colloquy with defendant concerning the waiver avoided conflating the right to appeal with the rights normally forfeited upon a guilty plea, and an isolated remark by the court, when viewed in context, had no such effect. The oral colloquy met or exceeded the minimum standards for such a colloquy (see People v Bryant, 28 N.Y.3d 1094 [2016]), and it was supplemented...

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