People v Pitt, 2024 NY Slip Op 02940 [227 AD3d 1112]

May 29, 2024

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Shamel Pitt, Appellant.

Twyla Carter, New York, NY (Isabel Patkowski of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Charles Pollak of counsel; Deanna Russo on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gia L. Morris, J.), imposed January 27, 2023, 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 Thompson , 225 AD3d 713 , 714 [2024]; People v Cabral , 223 AD3d 839 , 839 [2024]). 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 Cabral , 223 AD3d at 839). Connolly, J.P., Iannacci, Genovesi and Ventura, JJ., concur..