           SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
             Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1351
KA 13-01466
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                      V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACOB J. TAGGART, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.


YVONNE A. VERTLIEB, LANCASTER, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

MICHAEL J. VIOLANTE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (LAURA T. BITTNER OF
COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.


     Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Matthew J.
Murphy, III, J.), rendered March 21, 2013. The judgment convicted
defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted gang assault 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 attempted gang assault in the second degree
(Penal Law §§ 110.00, 120.06). Contrary to defendant’s contention,
the record establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily and
intelligently waived the right to appeal (see generally People v
Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256), and that valid waiver forecloses any
challenge by defendant to the severity of the sentence (see id. at
255; see generally People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827; People v
Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737).




Entered:    January 2, 2015                        Frances E. Cafarell
                                                   Clerk of the Court
