People v Way (2025 NY Slip Op 05113)
People v Way
2025 NY Slip Op 05113 [241 AD3d 1593]
September 24, 2025
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, November 5, 2025


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Arrick Way, Appellant.

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

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Solomon Neubort of counsel; Rebecca Siegel on the memorandum), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (E. Niki Warin, J.), rendered August 2, 2023, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record demonstrates that he 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). Iannacci, J.P., Christopher, Voutsinas, Love and Goldberg Velazquez, JJ., concur.