People v. Alqam

The defendant’s challenge to the judgment convicting him of a single count of criminal contempt in the first degree (see Penal Law § 215.51 [c]), upon his plea of guilty, is barred because the plea encompassed a waiver of the right to appeal, and the waiver was knowingly, voluntary, and intelligently made (see People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1, 11 [1989]).

There is no merit to the defendant’s challenge to the judgment convicting him of three counts of criminal contempt in the first degree (see Penal Law § 215.51 [b], [c]), two counts of endangering the welfare of a child (see Penal Law § 260.10),…