People v Alvarez, 2023 NY Slip Op 00041 [212 AD3d 417]

January 5, 2023

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Justin Alvarez, Appellant.

Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Robin Richardson of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Katherine Triffon of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry E. Warhit, J.), rendered March 20, 2019, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal ( see People v Thomas , 34 NY3d 545 , 559 [2019], cert denied 589 US —, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 256 [2006]), which forecloses review of his argument that the mandatory surcharge and fees imposed at sentencing should be vacated pursuant to CPL 420.35 (2-a) ( see People v Diaz , 205 AD3d 624 [1st Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 1133 [2022]). Concur—Kern, J.P., Gesmer, Kennedy, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, JJ..