People v Hawkins, 2019 NY Slip Op 05420 [174 AD3d 543]

July 3, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Fruitquana Hawkins, Appellant.

Janet E. Sabel, New York, NY (Svetlana M. Kornfeind ), for appellant.

John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and William H. Branigan 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 (Kenneth C. Holder, J.), imposed April 18, 2017, 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]; People v Little , 156 AD3d 816 [2017]). 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 at 255-256). Rivera, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Brathwaite Nelson and Iannacci, JJ., concur..