People v Mendoza, 2019 NY Slip Op 08219 [177 AD3d 773]

November 13, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Eugene Mendoza, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Alice R.B. Cullina of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni Piplani of counsel; Manipal Singh on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from four sentences of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gia L. Morris, J., at pleas; Eugene M. Guarino, J., at sentences), imposed April 18, 2018, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.

Ordered that the sentences are affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal ( see People v Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 [2015]). The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentences imposed were excessive ( see People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 [2006]). Dillon, J.P., Austin, Roman and Christopher, JJ., concur..