People v Russell, 2019 NY Slip Op 08711 [178 AD3d 737]

December 4, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Nathaniel Russell, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Charity L. Brady of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort, and Peter N. Pearl of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (John T. Hecht, J.), imposed November 2, 2017, 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 Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 , 339-342 [2015]; People v Lopez , 6 NY3d 248 , 256 [2006]; People v Hunt , 176 AD3d 739 [2d Dept 2019]). 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). Rivera, J.P., Maltese, Barros, Brathwaite Nelson and Iannacci, JJ., concur..