| People v Meza |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 05278 [141 AD3d 1110] |
| July 1, 2016 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Alejandro J. Meza, Also Known as Cartel, Appellant. |
Williams, Heinl, Moody & Buschman, P.C., Auburn (Ryan James Muldoon of counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Jon E. Budelmann, District Attorney, Auburn (Brian T. Leeds of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Mark H. Fandrich, A.J.), rendered September 16, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third 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 criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law
§ 265.02 [1]). Contrary to defendant's contention, the record establishes that
he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived the right to appeal (see generally People v Lopez,
6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]), and that valid waiver forecloses any challenge by
defendant to the severity of the sentence (see id. at 255; see generally People
v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827 [1998]; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737
[1998]). We note that the certificate of conviction incorrectly states that defendant was
sentenced to an indeterminate term of 1