People v. GrayPeople v. Gray
The defendant contends that the sentencing court failed to exercise its discretionary powers when imposing sentence, and thereby imposed the sentence illegally. This contention is without merit (see People v Farrar, 52 NY2d 302, 308 [1981]). The sentencing court ultimately exercised its discretion in sentencing the defendant, even though the sentence imposed was pursuant to a plea agreement (see People v Daniel D., 123 AD2d 782 [1986]).
The defendant‘s “valid and unrestricted written waiver of the right to appeal, as part of his plea agreement, precludes appellate review of his claim that the sentence imposed was excessive” (People v Morrow, 48 AD3d 704, 705 [2008]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255 [2006]; see also People v Cumba, 32 AD3d 444, 445 [2006]). Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Angiolillo and McCarthy, JJ., concur.