Crimes - Appeal - Waiver of Right to Appeal - Sufficiency of Colloquy

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Meryl J. Berkowitz, J.), rendered July 11, 2023, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment 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 County Court's colloquy followed, almost verbatim, the model colloquy for the waiver of the right to appeal drafted by the Unified Court System's Criminal Jury Instructions and Model Colloquy Committee, the use of which has been endorsed by this Court (see e.g. People v Batista, 167 AD3d 69, 76-78 [2018]) and by the Court of Appeals (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d at 566-567). 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 255-256; People v Myke, 232 AD3d 913 [2024]; People v Esson, 225 AD3d 786, 787 [2024]). Iannacci, J.P., Christopher, Ventura and Hom, JJ., concur.