People v Velez, 2018 NY Slip Op 08156 [166 AD3d 1021]

November 28, 2018

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Cesar Velez, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Erica Horwitz of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Danielle S. Fenn of counsel; Victoria Randall on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gregory L. Lasak, J.), imposed May 6, 2015, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal ( see People v Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 , 339-342 [2015]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 256-257 [2006]; cf. People v Brown , 122 AD3d 133 , 145-146 [2014]). The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive ( see People v Lopez , 6 NY3d at 255-256). Balkin, J.P., Sgroi, Barros and Christopher, JJ., concur..