People v Hill, 2022 NY Slip Op 03743 [206 AD3d 761]

June 8, 2022

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

James Hill, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Lynn W. L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle S. Fenn of counsel; Lorrie A. Zinno on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Michael J. Yavinsky, J.), imposed September 16, 2021, 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 Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 254, 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 id. at 255-256). Dillon, J.P., Brathwaite Nelson, Chambers, Wooten and Zayas, JJ., concur..