Opinion
2018–11208 Ind. No. 17–01297
07-27-2022
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Hajahmaa HYLTON, appellant.
Patsy Bonanno, White Plains, NY, for appellant, and appellant pro se. Miriam E. Rocah, District Attorney, White Plains, NY (William C. Milaccio and Jill Oziemblewski of counsel), for respondent.
Patsy Bonanno, White Plains, NY, for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Miriam E. Rocah, District Attorney, White Plains, NY (William C. Milaccio and Jill Oziemblewski of counsel), for respondent.
BETSY BARROS, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, PAUL WOOTEN, BARRY E. WARHIT, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Susan Cacace, J.), rendered July 31, 2018, convicting him of failure to register and verify as a sex offender (two counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, his post-plea remarks regarding a prior conviction that gave rise to his sex offender designation did not cast significant doubt upon his guilt of failing to register and verify as a sex offender or otherwise call into question the voluntariness of his plea, and thus, the Supreme Court was not under a duty to inquire further to ensure the plea's validity (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5 ; People v. Colson, 174 A.D.3d 539, 540, 101 N.Y.S.3d 634 ; People v. Delarosa, 104 A.D.3d 956, 956, 960 N.Y.S.2d 915 ).
The defendant's challenge in his pro se supplemental brief to the legality of his sentence for the prior conviction is not properly before this Court. The defendant's remaining contention, raised in his pro se supplemental brief, is without merit.
BARROS, J.P., MALTESE, WOOTEN and WARHIT, JJ., concur.