Opinion
No. 2009-02604.
January 26, 2010.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Molea, J.), rendered February 19, 2009, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Marianne Karas, Armonk, N.Y., for appellant.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Valerie A. Livingston and Anthony J. Servino of counsel; Justin Tolbert on the brief), for respondent.
Before: Dillon, J.P., Miller, Eng, Hall and Sgroi, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate review of his contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel, except to the extent that the alleged ineffective assistance involved the voluntariness of his plea ( see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 255; People v Opoku, 61 AD3d 705). To the extent that the defendant is claiming that the ineffective assistance of counsel rendered his plea involuntary, the record reveals that the defendant received an advantageous plea, and nothing in the record casts doubt on the effectiveness of counsel ( see People v Ford, 86 NY2d 397; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137; People v Gallo, 54 AD3d 964; People v Boodhoo, 191 AD2d 448).