People v Bell (2026 NY Slip Op 00665)
People v Bell
2026 NY Slip Op 00665 [246 AD3d 1381]
February 11, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 8, 2026


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Kente Bell, Appellant.

The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Robert L. Kemp of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Keane, District Attorney, Buffalo (Michael J. Hillery of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Kenneth F. Case, J.), rendered July 5, 2023. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a guilty plea, of attempted murder in the second degree (three counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second 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 three counts of attempted murder in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 125.25 [1]) and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (§ 265.03 [3]). Contrary to defendant's contention, we conclude on this record that defendant's waiver of the right to appeal was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent (see People v Littlejohn, 243 AD3d 1287, 1287-1288 [4th Dept 2025]; see also People v Zukic, 240 AD3d 1192, 1193 [4th Dept 2025], lv denied 44 NY3d 995 [2025]). Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal forecloses our review of his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]). Present—Montour, J.P., Smith, Greenwood, Nowak and Hannah, JJ.