

People v Adames (2018 NY Slip Op 00976)





People v Adames


2018 NY Slip Op 00976


Decided on February 9, 2018


Appellate Division, Fourth Department


Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



Decided on February 9, 2018
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.


91 KA 15-01260

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,
vELIGIO ADAMES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. 


TIMOTHY P. DONAHER, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (JAMES A. HOBBS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (MARGARET A. CIEPRISZ OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT. 

	Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Douglas A. Randall, J.), rendered December 16, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree. 
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law § 220.18 [1]). Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that his waiver of the right to appeal was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]). Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal forecloses his challenge to the severity of his sentence (see id. at 255-256; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]; cf. People v Maracle, 19 NY3d 925, 928 [2012]).
Entered: February 9, 2018
Mark W. Bennett
Clerk of the Court


