People v. ByrdPeople v. Byrd
Versions:100 A.D.3d 1013954 N.Y.S.2d 4642012 NY Slip Op 8146
Contrary to the defendant‘s contention, he validly waived his right to appeal. The Supreme Court sufficiently “describ[ed] the nature of the right being waived without lumping that right into the panoply of trial rights automatically forfeited upon pleading guilty and elicit[ed] agreements of understanding from the defendant” (People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 257 [2006]; cf. People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 265 [2011]). The defendant‘s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255). Mastro, J.P., Skelos, Chambers and Sgroi, JJ., concur.