Opinion
February 10, 1997.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered July 8, 1993, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Justice Luciano has been substituted for the late Justice Hart ( see, 22 NYCRR 670.1 [c]).
Before: Miller, J.P., Ritter, Copertino and Luciano, JJ.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contentions, it is clear from the record that the waiver of appellate review which was elicited as a condition of his plea of guilty was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, and thus effective ( see, People v Allen, 82 NY2d 761; People v Cicciari, 175 AD2d 255; cf., People v McCaskell, 206 AD2d 547). Therefore, the judgment of conviction is affirmed ( see, People v Allen, supra; People v Collier, 216 AD2d 406).