People v Wheeler
2026 NY Slip Op 01235 [247 AD3d 799]
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
Damon Wheeler, Appellant.
March 4, 2026
HEADNOTES
Crimes — Appeal — Valid Waiver of Right to Appeal
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Kenyon C. Trachte, Newburgh, NY, for appellant.
David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Cynthia Dolan and Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Hyun Chin Kim, J.), rendered September 19, 2023, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, 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 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., Brathwaite Nelson, Dowling and Quirk, JJ., concur.