Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Allah Sears, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-11-23
Citations: 144 A.D.3d 1056
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Allah Sears, Appellant.
Judges: Dillon, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Maltese and Barros, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 1056–1056

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Allah Sears, Appellant.
[40 NYS3d 908]—

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rooney, J.), rendered November 21, 2013, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, including the defendant's background, which includes a prior felony conviction from which an appeal was taken (see People v Sears, 9 AD3d 472 [2004]), we conclude that the defendant's waiver of his right to appeal was valid (see People v Sanders, 25 NY3d 337, 340-342 [2015]; cf. People v Zaffuto, 138 AD3d 1156 [2016]; see generally People v Brown, 122 AD3d 133, 138 [2014]). The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of the denial of that branch of his omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence (see People v Kemp, 94 NY2d 831, 833 [1999]; People v Cannon, 123 AD3d 1138 [2014]; People v Vaiana, 119 AD3d 879 [2014]).
Dillon, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Maltese and Barros, JJ., concur.