People v Bax

Holding The court affirmed the conviction, holding that the defendant’s waiver of the right to appeal was valid despite the court’s failure to explicitly identify which claims would survive the waiver. Consequently, the valid waiver precluded appellate review of the defendant’s challenges to the search warrant and the severity of his sentence.

The court’s words

a court need not expressly delineate for a defendant those appellate issues that are foreclosed by a waiver of the right to appeal

2026 NY Slip Op 04616, at the official text

the court engaged defendant in an adequate colloquy to ensure that the waiver of the right to appeal was a knowing and voluntary choice

2026 NY Slip Op 04616, at the official text

Defendant's valid waiver of the right to appeal precludes our review of his challenges to the search warrant

2026 NY Slip Op 04616, at the official text