Crimes - Appeal - Valid Waiver

Appeal from a judgment of the Wayne County Court (Richard M. Healy, J.), rendered February 22, 2024. The judgment convicted defendant upon his plea of guilty of assault in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]). We affirm.

Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Williams, 228 AD3d 1316, 1316 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 42 NY3d 972 [2024], denied reconsideration 42 NY3d 1055 [2024]; see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 559-564 [2019], cert denied 589 US 1302 [2020]). Moreover, on this record, defendant's "monosyllabic affirmative responses to questioning by [County Court] do not render his [waiver of the right to appeal] unknowing and involuntary" (People v Burch, 234 AD3d 1246, 1246-1247 [4th Dept 2025], lv denied 43 NY3d 1006 [2025] [internal quotation marks omitted]).

Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal precludes our review of his contention that the court erred in refusing to suppress defendant's statements to a law enforcement officer (see People v Kemp, 94 NY2d 831, 833 [1999]; People v Duzant, 15 AD3d 860, 861 [4th Dept 2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 761 [2005]) and his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255-256 [2006]; Burch, 234 AD3d at 1247). Present—Curran, J.P., Bannister, Nowak, DelConte and Hannah, JJ.