Opinion
No. 17147 Ind No. 856/16 Case No. 2019-1843
02-14-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Terrence Johnson Also Known as Terrance Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Nicolas Schumann-Ortega of counsel), for appellant. Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Stephanie L. Nelson of counsel), for respondent.
Twyla Carter, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Nicolas Schumann-Ortega of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Stephanie L. Nelson of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Kern, J.P., Oing, Gesmer, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, JJ.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Adler, J. at suppression hearing; Robert E. Torres, J. at plea; Robert A. Neary, J. at sentencing), rendered November 9, 2018, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545 [2019], cert denied 589 U.S. --, 140 S.Ct. 2634 [2020]). The court's oral colloquy avoided conflating the right to appeal with the rights normally forfeited upon a guilty plea (see People v Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 256 [2006]). The combination of the court's colloquy and the detailed written waiver that defendant signed after consultation with counsel satisfied the requirements of a valid waiver. This waiver forecloses review of defendant's suppression claim.