Opinion
2017–11201 Ind. No. 2859/16
12-04-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Russell WATTS, Appellant.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin Welikson of counsel), for appellant. John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Michelle M. Yong of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin Welikson of counsel), for appellant.
John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Michelle M. Yong of counsel), for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, ROBERT J. MILLER, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Barry Schwartz, J.), imposed September 27, 2017, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant validly waived his right to appeal (see People v. Sanders, 25 N.Y.3d 337, 12 N.Y.S.3d 593, 34 N.E.3d 344 ; People v. Robinson, 167 A.D.3d 942, 87 N.Y.S.3d 902 ; People v. Batista, 167 A.D.3d 69, 86 N.Y.S.3d 492 ). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v. Lopez, 6 N.Y.3d 248, 811 N.Y.S.2d 623, 844 N.E.2d 1145 ).
MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MILLER, DUFFY and LASALLE, JJ., concur.