People v Jackson
2026 NY Slip Op 01226
Decided on March 4, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on March 4, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
PAUL WOOTEN
LILLIAN WAN
DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ.

2023-06070
(Ind. No. 71131/22)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Lawrence Jackson, appellant.




Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Samantha Jerabek of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Melissa Owen of counsel; Hannah Thomas on the memorandum), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Eugene Guarino, J.), imposed June 29, 2023, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d at 255).

DILLON, J.P., WOOTEN, WAN and GOLIA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court