PEOPLE v. PARKER (2024)

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jeanette Rodriguez–Morick., J., at suppression hearing;  Armando Montano, J., at plea and sentencing), rendered March 12, 2018, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of two years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal (see generally People v. Thomas, 34 NY3d 545 [2019], cert denied 589 U.S. ––––, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]).  The court's oral colloquy, combined with the written waiver that defendant signed in court after consulting with counsel, satisfied the requirements of a valid waiver.  Any suggestion by the court that the waiver constituted an absolute bar to the taking of a direct appeal was cured by the detailed written waiver, which clarified that appellate review remained available for certain issues (see People v. Ramos, 7 NY3d 737, 738 [2006];  People v. Walker, 206 AD3d 541 [1st Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 1191 [2022]).  The waiver forecloses review of defendant's suppression claim.