People v Gjenashaj, 2024 NY Slip Op 00432 [223 AD3d 914]

January 31, 2024

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Lori Gjenashaj, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Russ Altman-Merino of counsel), for appellant.

Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, NY (Timothy Pezzoli and James J. Gandia of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Mario F. Mattei, J.), imposed April 21, 2022, upon her 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 her right to appeal ( see People v Thomas , 34 NY3d 545 [2019]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 [2006]). The defendant’s valid waiver of her right to appeal precludes appellate review of her contention that the sentence imposed was excessive ( see People v Lopez , 6 NY3d at 255). Duffy, J.P., Maltese, Dowling and Voutsinas, JJ., concur..