People v Peters, 2024 NY Slip Op 02546 [227 AD3d 829]

May 8, 2024

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Joseph Peters, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Lisa Napoli and Maisha Kamal of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Jean M. Joyce of counsel; Karen Abel-Bey on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jane Tully, J.), imposed April 22, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal ( see People v Thomas , 34 NY3d 545 [2019]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 [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 Lopez , 6 NY3d at 255-256). Barros, J.P., Wooten, Warhit, Taylor and Love, JJ., concur..