
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Franklin Furtick, Also Known as Paul Winston, Also Known as Paul Furtick, Appellant.
    [29 NYS3d 208]
   Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Melchor E. Castro, A.J.), rendered April 19, 2013. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the record establishes that he knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived the right to appeal (see generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256 [2006]), and that valid waiver forecloses any challenge by defendant to the severity of the sentence (see id. at 255; see generally People v Lococo, 92 NY2d 825, 827 [1998]; People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737 [1998]).

Present — Smith, J.P., Carni, Lindley, Curran and Troutman, JJ.  