People v Billins
Annotate this CaseThe People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey C. Billins, Appellant.
—[*1] Paul M. Deep, Utica, for defendant-appellant.
Scott D. McNamara, District Attorney, Utica (Steven G. Cox of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Oneida County Court (Barry M. Donalty, J.), rendered May 15, 2007. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in third degree (two counts) and criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16 [1], [12]). Contrary to the contention of defendant, the record establishes that his waiver of the right to appeal was knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]). That valid waiver encompasses defendant's challenge to the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution and, in any event, defendant failed to preserve that challenge for our review (see People v Grimes, 53 AD3d 1055, 1056 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 789 [2008]). The challenge by defendant to the severity of the sentence is also encompassed by his valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Hurlbutt, Smith and Centra, JJ.
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