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People v. Asencio

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 24, 1988
143 A.D.2d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

October 24, 1988

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.).


Ordered that the judgment and amended judgment are affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the factual recitation of his plea of guilty entered under indictment No. 2025/85 was deficient is not preserved for appellate review (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636). Furthermore, the record establishes that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently pleaded guilty with the assistance of competent counsel. There is no indication that the guilty plea was improvident or baseless and, therefore, it was properly accepted by the court (see, People v Dixon, 119 A.D.2d 831; People v Langhorn, 119 A.D.2d 844).

Similarly unavailing is the defendant's claim that the court improperly imposed a more severe sentence than the sentence promised when the guilty plea under indictment No. 2025/85 was entered. The court clearly and unequivocally conditioned the promised sentence on the defendant's appearance in court on the scheduled date and his cooperation with the Probation Department. The defendant failed to fulfill either condition and only appeared for sentencing after he was arrested on a bench warrant. His proffered explanations for the violations of the conditions were vague, unsubstantiated and insufficient. Accordingly, the court properly imposed a more severe sentence (see, People v Warren, 121 A.D.2d 418; People v Innes, 111 A.D.2d 356, 357; People v Gamble, 111 A.D.2d 869).

The defendant's sole contention with respect to indictment No. 8095/85 is that because his plea of guilty under that indictment was induced by a promise of a sentence to run concurrently with the sentence imposed under indictment No. 2025/85 if the plea under that indictment is vacated, the plea under indictment No. 8095/85 must also be vacated (see, People v Clark, 45 N.Y.2d 432). However, since there is no basis upon which to vacate the plea as to the former, there is no basis upon which to vacate the plea under the latter. Mangano, J.P., Bracken, Eiber, Spatt and Sullivan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Asencio

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 24, 1988
143 A.D.2d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

People v. Asencio

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HARRY ASENCIO…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 24, 1988

Citations

143 A.D.2d 917 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

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