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People v. McDonald

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 20, 2002
295 A.D.2d 756 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

12700

June 20, 2002.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Breslin, J.), rendered October 17, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of driving while intoxicated.

Paul R. Edwards, Albany, for appellant.

Paul A. Clyne, District Attorney, Albany (Christopher D. Horn of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Spain, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER


Defendant operated a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition in Albany County and was charged in a superior court information (hereinafter SCI) with the crime of driving while intoxicated (hereinafter DWI) as a felony. The SCI was accompanied by a special information and two statements of prior conviction charging that defendant had twice been convicted of DWI in Warren County within the preceding 10 years. Defendant pleaded guilty as charged in the SCI, received a specific sentence commitment and waived his right to appeal. In accordance with the plea agreement, he was sentenced to a prison term of 1 to 3 years to run consecutive to a prison term of 1½ to 4½ years imposed in connection with yet a third DWI conviction in Warren County. Defendant appeals.

Although defendant asserts that the SCI was legally insufficient to charge him with the crime of DWI as a felony because the supporting special information was factually inadequate for failure to specify his date of birth, he failed to object to the SCI before County Court and has not preserved this claim for appellate review (see, People v. Torres, 96 A.D.2d 604, 605). In any event, defendant's knowing, voluntary and intelligent plea of guilty would preclude us from reviewing the sufficiency of the factual allegations contained in the SCI (see, People v. Price, 234 A.D.2d 978, 978-979, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 862; People v. Fields, 208 A.D.2d 1050, 1050, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 735; People v. Dezimm, 193 A.D.2d 976, 976).

In view of defendant's explicit waiver of his right to appeal the agreed-upon sentence, we will not consider his contention that it is harsh and excessive (see, People v. Allen, 82 N.Y.2d 761, 762; People v. Deemer, 261 A.D.2d 722). We have reviewed defendant's remaining claim and found it to be unavailing.

Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Spain and Lahtinen, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. McDonald

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 20, 2002
295 A.D.2d 756 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. McDonald

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TIMOTHY M. McDONALD…

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

Date published: Jun 20, 2002

Citations

295 A.D.2d 756 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
743 N.Y.S.2d 892

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