People v. Doyle

Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal. The waiver forecloses defendant’s claim that he was deprived of the right to retain counsel of his own choosing (see People v Whitfield, 52 AD3d 748 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 858 [2008]). That claim does not go to the voluntariness of defendant’s plea (cf. People v Parilla, 8 NY3d 654, 660 [2007]). Defendant’s claim that the court’s denial of a further adjournment for the purpose of raising funds to hire private counsel “precipitated” his plea and appeal waiver is conclusory and unsupported by the record.

As an alternative holding, we find…