People v Walker, 2019 NY Slip Op 02913 [171 AD3d 1109]

April 17, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Tiquan J. Walker, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Kathleen Whooley of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Jie Gao of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Marcia P. Hirsch, J.), imposed October 17, 2017, 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 Sanders , 25 NY3d 337 , 341-342 [2015]; People v Ramos , 7 NY3d 737 , 738 [2006]; People v Batista , 167 AD3d 69 [2018]). 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 248 , 255-256 [2006]; People v Batista , 167 AD3d at 78). Balkin, J.P., Chambers, Roman, Maltese and Connolly, JJ., concur..