Opinion
2018–02577 Ind. No. 457/17
11-06-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Fabio E. ABREU, Appellant.
Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Harold V. Ferguson, Jr., of counsel), for appellant. John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Eugene J. Dirks of counsel), for respondent.
Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Harold V. Ferguson, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.
John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Eugene J. Dirks of counsel), for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., MARK C. DILLON, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (John B. Latella, J.), rendered January 10, 2018, convicting him of criminal mischief in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of those branches of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence and his statements to law enforcement officials.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. The defendant was charged with various crimes arising from his possession of marijuana, engaging in graffiti, and possessing graffiti instruments. He moved, inter alia, to suppress spray paint cans and a sticker found inside his backpack, as well as his statements to police officers after his arrest, arguing that there were no exigent circumstances that would permit the warrantless search of his backpack and that his statements were the fruit of the unlawful search. After a hearing, those branches of his motion were denied. The defendant pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in the second degree in exchange for the Supreme Court's conditional promise to impose a particular sentence. As part of the plea agreement, the defendant waived his right to appeal.
The defendant's unrestricted waiver of his right to appeal was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent, and bars review of the defendant's claim that the Supreme Court erred in denying those branches of his omnibus motion which were to suppress the physical evidence recovered from him and his statements to the police officers who arrested him (see People v. Muniz , 91 N.Y.2d 570, 673 N.Y.S.2d 358, 696 N.E.2d 182 ; People v. Perry , 164 A.D.3d 525, 77 N.Y.S.3d 879 ; People v. Simmons , 113 A.D.3d 420, 977 N.Y.S.2d 889 ; People v. Morey , 110 A.D.3d 1378, 975 N.Y.S.2d 201 ).
MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, BRATHWAITE NELSON and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.