People v. Garcia

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J., at suppression hearing; Bonnie Wittner, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered September 7, 2011, as amended September 14, 2011, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 2V2 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal. Defendant’s written waiver, taken together with the oral colloquy in which defendant confirmed he understood he was giving up his right to appeal, established that the waiver was knowing, intelligent…