People v Campbell, 2021 NY Slip Op 01425 [192 AD3d 822]
March 10, 2021
Appellate Division, Second Department
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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Gregory Campbell, Appellant.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Mark W. Vorkink and Patty C. Walton of counsel), for appellant.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Michael J. Curtis of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Richard Buchter, J.), rendered February 5, 2019, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contention that the sentence imposed on his conviction of attempted robbery in the first degree constitutes cruel and unusual punishment because his health conditions make him especially vulnerable to complications from COVID-19, is based on matters dehors the record, and thus, cannot be reviewed on direct appeal ( see People v Walker , 189 AD3d 1619 [2020]).
The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal ( see People v Thomas , 34 NY3d 545 [2019]; People v Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 , 339-342 [2015]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 256-257 [2006]). 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 Hernandez , 189 AD3d 1263 [2020]). Chambers, J.P., Hinds-Radix, LaSalle and Iannacci, JJ., concur..