People v Russell
2009 NY Slip Op 01681 [60 AD3d 706]
March 3, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, May 6, 2009


85—The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Tsani Russell, Appellant.

[*1]Joseph R. Faraguna, Sag Harbor, N.Y., for appellant.

Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Ilisa T.Fleischer of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Jaeger, J.),rendered July 25, 2007, convicting him of attempted criminal possession of stolen property in thethird degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposingsentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Where a defendant voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently waives his right to appeal aspart of a bargained-for plea agreement, the waiver will be upheld completely by the courts (see People v Ramos, 7 NY3d 737,738 [2006]; People v Kemp, 94 NY2d 831, 833 [1999]; People v Johnson, 58 AD3d 868[2009]). Accordingly, the defendant's valid and comprehensive waiver of his right to appealforecloses appellate review of his contentions regarding the [*2]suppression determination (see People v Kemp, 94 NY2d at833; People v Cardona, 51 AD3d941 [2008]; People v Castillo,49 AD3d 777 [2008]). The defendant's contentions regarding the factual sufficiency of hisplea allocution are unpreserved for appellate review since the defendant failed to move towithdraw his plea on those grounds (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665-666[1988]).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Mastro, J.P., Balkin, Dickersonand Belen, JJ., concur.


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