People v. Hubbard

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), rendered August 9, 2004, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes review of his challenge to the sentence as excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248 [2006]; People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827 [1998]; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]; People v Iorio, 276 AD2d 564 [2000]). The fact that the defendant was…