People v. Walker

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered July 8, 1993, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Justice Luciano has been substituted for the late Justice Hart (see, 22 NYCRR 670.1 [cD.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, it is clear from the record that the waiver of appellate review which was elicited as a condition of his plea of guilty was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, and thus effective (see,…