Majority
p. 535The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elvis Negron, Appellant. [765 NYS2d 494]
Judgment, Supreme
p. 536
Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered April 2, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal contempt in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to appeal, and this waiver encompassed his excessive sentence claim (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733 [1998]). Therefore, defendant “elect [ed] to. foreclose review of [his] negotiated sentence” (People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1 , 10 [1989]). In any event, were we to find that defendant did not validly waive his right to appeal, we would perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur — Saxe, J.P., Sullivan, Williams, Lerner and Friedman, JJ.
Cases cited
- People v. Hidalgo 91 NY2d 733 p. 536
- People v. Seaberg 74 NY2d 1 at 10 p. 536