| People v Williams |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 02614 [237 AD3d 1230] |
| April 30, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Matthew Williams, Also Known as "Vernon Howard," Appellant. |
Martha Krisel, New York, NY, for appellant.
Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and Monica M.C. Leiter of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the County Court, Nassau County (Robert A. Schwartz, J.), imposed February 9, 2024, 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 [2019]; People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248 [2006]). 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). Barros, J.P., Christopher, Voutsinas and Love, JJ., concur.