People v Lazu
2026 NY Slip Op 02674 [248 AD3d 1282]
April 29, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, June 10, 2026
The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Mario Lazu, Appellant.
April 29, 2026
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Alina R. Tulloch of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Melissa Owen of counsel; Caleb Otero on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Abena Darkeh, J.), imposed June 27, 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).
Connolly, J.P., Christopher, Voutsinas, Love and Goldberg Velazquez, JJ., concur.