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People v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2007
41 A.D.3d 139 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 1262.

June 7, 2007.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered on or about August 15, 2005, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.

Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Gian S. King of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Sheryl Feldman of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, Sullivan and Williams, JJ.


Defendant failed to move to withdraw his plea, and since this case does not come within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement ( see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662), his challenge to the validity of his plea is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would conclude that defendant's plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, and that there was nothing in the plea allocution that cast significant doubt on his guilt ( see People v Seeber, 4 NY3d 780 [2005]; People v Toxey, 86 NY2d 725). Defendant pleaded guilty with full knowledge of the elements of the crime he was admitting.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.


Summaries of

People v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2007
41 A.D.3d 139 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

People v. Lewis

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL LEWIS…

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

Date published: Jun 7, 2007

Citations

41 A.D.3d 139 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 4867
835 N.Y.S.2d 899