| People v Morrow |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 05724 [198 AD3d 922] |
| October 20, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Meredithe Morrow, Appellant. |
Del Atwell, East Hampton, NY, for appellant.
William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, NY (Kirsten A. Rappleyea ofcounsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County(Edward T. McLoughlin, J.), rendered January 11, 2019, convicting her of criminalpossession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon her plea of guilty, andimposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligentlywaived her right to appeal (seePeople v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337, 340-342 [2015]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d248, 256-257 [2006]; People v Puccio, 191 AD3d 1022, 1022 [2021]).
Although the defendant's contention regarding the voluntariness of her plea survivesher valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1, 10[1989]; People v Lujan, 114AD3d 963, 964 [2014]), the defendant failed to preserve this contention forappellate review (see People vMcClenic, 155 AD3d 1064 [2017]; People v Coachman, 154 AD3d 957 [2017]). In any event,the contention is without merit, as the record reflects that the defendant's plea of guiltywas knowing, voluntary, and intelligent (see People v Seeber, 4 NY3d 780, 780-781 [2005];People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d 536, 543 [1993]; People v Hendrix, 172 AD3d1224, 1224 [2019]).
The defendant's valid waiver of her right to appeal precludes appellate review of hercontention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3dat 255). Dillon, J.P., Christopher, Wooten and Dowling, JJ., concur.