People v. Hicks

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered April 15, 1996, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

There is no merit to defendant’s claim that his explicit waiver of his right to appeal the suppression ruling was “coerced to conceal error” (People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1, 11). Defendant’s argument misconstrues the concept of “concealment” addressed in Seaberg. As the Court of Appeals…