The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Caitlin M. Connelly of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence Friedman, District Attorney, Batavia (William G. Zickl of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Genesee County Court (Robert C. Noonan, J.), rendered January 17, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of rape 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 rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]). Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that he knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to appeal (see generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]). The valid waiver of the right to appeal encompasses his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see id. at 255; People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827 [1998]). Present—Whalen, P.J., Peradotto, Lindley, NeMoyer and Scudder, JJ.