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People v. Betheny

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 6, 1989
147 A.D.2d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

February 6, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Brennan, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find that the defendant was properly sentenced in accordance with the plea agreement. He was advised that a sentence of up to seven years would be imposed if he failed to appear on the scheduled sentencing date. When the defendant failed to appear, a bench warrant was issued and he was subsequently arrested. Under the circumstances, the sentence imposed was neither a violation of the plea agreement nor excessive (see, People v Sharlow, 116 A.D.2d 603, 604; People v McDaniels, 111 A.D.2d 876; People v Bell, 110 A.D.2d 902; People v Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816).

The defendant's contention that the court improperly accepted the guilty plea without further inquiry concerning the defendant's statement that he was "a little drunk" during the commission of the crime is not preserved for appellate review in that the defendant had never moved to vacate his plea on this ground (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636; People v Bryant, 107 A.D.2d 817). In any event, the defendant gave a detailed recitation of the circumstances of the crime which made out all the elements of attempted burglary in the second degree. Accordingly, the guilty plea was properly accepted (see, People v Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9; People v Bryant, supra).

Finally, the defendant was properly adjudicated a second felony offender. He admitted that he was the individual listed in the second felony offender statement and did not raise a constitutional challenge to the prior conviction (see, CPL 400.21). The defendant's vague statement that a misdemeanor was "authorized" was an insufficient ground for a hearing in light of his admission that a "felony conviction happened". Thus, there is no basis for disturbing the sentence. Mangano, J.P., Bracken, Spatt and Sullivan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Betheny

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 6, 1989
147 A.D.2d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Betheny

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EVERETT BETHENY, Also…

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

Date published: Feb 6, 1989

Citations

147 A.D.2d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

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