People v. Poncedeleon

People v Poncedeleon (2025 NY Slip Op 00675) People v Poncedeleon 2025 NY Slip Op 00675 Decided on February 5, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on February 5, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P. LARA J. GENOVESI DEBORAH A. DOWLING CARL J. LANDICINO PHILLIP HOM, JJ. 2022-06014 (Ind. No. 878/21) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Fernando Poncedeleon, appellant. Twyla Carter, New York, NY (David Billingsley of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel; Brendan Ransom on the memorandum), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Michael Yavinsky, J.), imposed May 18, 2022, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive. ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed. Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record demonstrates that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see id. at 255-256; People v Lowe, 216 AD3d 670, 671). IANNACCI, J.P., GENOVESI, DOWLING, LANDICINO and HOM, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Clerk of the Court