People v. Hidalgo

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peggy Bernheim, J.), rendered June 8, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes a valid waiver of defendant’s right to appeal (see, People v Moissett, 76 NY2d 909). This waiver forecloses defendant’s present claim that imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment (People v Brathwaite, 263 AD2d 89, 92-93;…