PEOPLE v. DANIELS (2018)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County (Murphy III, J.), rendered September 7, 2016, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

A police officer ordered defendant and two other individuals to get out of a parked vehicle after noticing a plastic bag containing marihuana lying in plain view on the rear seat.  Defendant complied and was then frisked by the officer, who discovered a switchblade in defendant's front pocket.  As a result, defendant was charged in an indictment with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.  Following a Huntley/Mapp hearing, defendant's motion to suppress certain statements that he made to the police and physical evidence seized during the search was denied.  He subsequently pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and waived his right to appeal, both orally and in writing.  In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, he was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison, to run concurrently with a previously imposed federal sentence.  Defendant appeals.

Initially, defendant's claim that his guilty plea was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent has not been preserved for our review as the record does not disclose that he made an appropriate postallocution motion (see People v. Norton, 164 A.D.3d 1502, 1503, 82 N.Y.S.3d 665 [2018];  People v. Williams, 163 A.D.3d 1172, 1173, 81 N.Y.S.3d 636 [2018], lv denied 32 N.Y.3d 1009, 86 N.Y.S.3d 768, 111 N.E.3d 1124 [2018] ).  Moreover, the narrow exception to the preservation rule is inapplicable as defendant did not make any statements during the plea colloquy that cast doubt upon his guilt or called into question the voluntariness of his plea (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5 [1988];  People v. Lamb, 162 A.D.3d 1395, 1396, 80 N.Y.S.3d 520 [2018] ).  Insofar as defendant seeks to challenge the validity of the suppression ruling, he is precluded from doing so by his knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of the right to appeal, which specifically encompassed adverse rulings made on pretrial motions (see People v. Sanders, 25 N.Y.3d 337, 342, 12 N.Y.S.3d 593, 34 N.E.3d 344 [2015];  People v. Zippo, 136 A.D.3d 1222, 1222, 25 N.Y.S.3d 729 [2016], lv denied 27 N.Y.3d 1141, 39 N.Y.S.3d 124, 61 N.E.3d 523 [2016] ).  Defendant's valid appeal waiver forecloses not only his challenge to the suppression ruling, but also his challenge to the severity of the sentence (see People v. Williams, 163 A.D.3d at 1173, 81 N.Y.S.3d 636;  People v. Dobbs, 157 A.D.3d 1122, 1123, 68 N.Y.S.3d 781 [2018], lv denied 31 N.Y.3d 983, 77 N.Y.S.3d 661, 102 N.E.3d 438 [2018] ).

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Mulvey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.