Opinion
7508.
January 5, 2006.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered June 7, 2004, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 6½ years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jonathan M. Kirshbaum of counsel), for appellant.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Beth Fisch Cohen of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Nardelli and Catterson, JJ., concur.
The record establishes that defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal ( see People v. Moissett, 76 NY2d 909). Defendant not only signed a detailed written waiver of his appellate rights, but also received a thorough explanation of the waiver from the court during the plea allocution. Defendant's waiver forecloses review of his suppression and excessive sentence claims. In any event, were we to find that defendant did not make a valid appeal waiver, we would find these claims to be unavailing.