Opinion
149 KA 17-00206
02-01-2019
REEVE BROWN PLLC, ROCHESTER (GUY A. TALIA OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MICHAEL J. FLAHERTY, JR., SPECIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WARSAW, FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT:
REEVE BROWN PLLC, ROCHESTER (GUY A. TALIA OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
MICHAEL J. FLAHERTY, JR., SPECIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WARSAW, FOR RESPONDENT.
Appeal from a judgment of the Wyoming County Court (Michael M. Mohun, J.), rendered June 15, 2016. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his guilty plea of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 205.25 [2]). Although defendant's contention that the plea was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered survives his waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Gill, 149 AD3d 1597, 1597 [4th Dept 2017], lv denied 29 NY3d 1127 [2017]), defendant failed to move to withdraw his guilty plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction on that ground and thus failed to preserve that contention for our review (see People v Morrison, 78 AD3d 1615, 1616 [4th Dept 2010], lv denied 16 NY3d 834 [2011]). We decline to exercise our power to review defendant's contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [3] [c]).
Entered: February 1, 2019
Mark W. Bennett
Clerk of the Court