Opinion
No. 2208.
December 18, 2007.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Albert Lorenzo, J., at plea; Seth L. Marvin, J., at sentence), rendered May 19, 2006, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3½ years, unanimously affirmed.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Harold V.Ferguson, Jr. of counsel), for appellant.
Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Noah J. Chamoy of counsel), for respondent
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, Catterson and Malone, JJ.
Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal, which forecloses review of his present claim that the court should have exercised its discretion to give him a second chance to complete drug treatment, notwithstanding his conceded violation of his plea agreement ( see People v Wilson, 11 AD3d 206, lv denied 3 NY3d 743). Were we to find otherwise, we would find that the court properly exercised its discretion, especially since defendant immediately absconded after being directed to enter a drug program, and was also arrested and convicted of a new crime ( see People v Valles, 21 AD3d 855, lv denied 6 NY3d 760).