People v Calabrese
2017 NY Slip Op 06448 [153 AD3d 1268]
September 13, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, November 1, 2017


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 The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Ronald Calabrese, Appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette M.Traill, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel; Yuliya Shyrokonis on the memorandum), forrespondent.

Appeals by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from two sentences of the SupremeCourt, Queens County (Chin-Brandt, J., at pleas; Zaro, J., at sentences), both imposed February10, 2016, upon his pleas of guilty, on the ground that the sentences were excessive.

Ordered that the sentences are affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waivedhis right to appeal (see People vSanders, 25 NY3d 337, 339-342 [2015]; People v English, 142 AD3d 1103 [2016]; cf. People v Brown, 122 AD3d133, 145-146 [2014]). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes reviewof his contention that the sentences imposed were excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255-256 [2006]). Eng, P.J.,Austin, Roman, Hinds-Radix and Duffy, JJ., concur.


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