People v Petro, 2019 NY Slip Op 07421 [176 AD3d 978]

October 16, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Robert Petro, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Samuel R. Feldman of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano and Johnnette Traill 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 (Suzanne J. Melendez, J.), imposed April 16, 2018, 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, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to appeal ( see People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248, 256 [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 Bradshaw , 18 NY3d 257, 265 [2011]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d at 255). Balkin, J.P., Chambers, Cohen, Barros and Connolly, JJ., concur..