People v Polk, 2020 NY Slip Op 00436 [179 AD3d 951]

January 22, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Frank A. Polk, Appellant.

Walter J. Storey, Goshen, NY, for appellant.

David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, NY (William C. Ghee of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Edward T. McLoughlin, J.), rendered March 16, 2016, convicting him of assault in the second degree and menacing in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal ( see People v Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 [2015]). The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive ( see People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 [2006]). Scheinkman, P.J., Mastro, Leventhal and Maltese, JJ., concur..