People v Jackson
2026 NY Slip Op 01226 [247 AD3d 791]
March 4, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Lawrence Jackson, Appellant.
March 4, 2026
HEADNOTES
Crimes — Appeal — Valid Waiver of Right to Appeal
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Samantha Jerabek of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Melissa Owen of counsel; Hannah Thomas on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Eugene Guarino, J.), imposed June 29, 2023, 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). Dillon, J.P., Wooten, Wan and Golia, JJ., concur.