Crimes - Appeal - Valid Waiver

Appeal from a judgment of the Livingston County Court (Kevin Van Allen, J.), rendered August 15, 2023. The judgment convicted defendant upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

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

Memorandum: In these consolidated appeals, defendant appeals, in appeal No. 1, from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 220.09 [2]) and, in appeal No. 2, defendant appeals from a separate judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (§ 220.16 [7]). Both pleas were entered in a single plea proceeding.

Contrary to defendant's contention with respect to both appeals, the record establishes that the oral colloquy, together with the written waiver of the right to appeal, was adequate to ensure that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily (see People v Giles, 219 AD3d 1706, 1707 [4th Dept 2023], lv denied 40 NY3d 1039 [2023]; People v Cunningham, 213 AD3d 1270, 1270 [4th Dept 2023], lv denied 39 NY3d 1110 [2023]; see generally People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 564 [2019], cert denied 589 US &mdash, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]). The valid waiver forecloses defendant's challenge in each appeal to the severity of the sentence (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]; People v Malcolm, 231 AD3d 1503, 1504 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 43 NY3d 931 [2025]; Giles, 219 AD3d at 1707). Present—Lindley, J.P., Montour, Smith, DelConte and Hannah, JJ.