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People v. Buggsward

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 13, 2016
138 A.D.3d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

04-13-2016

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lindel BUGGSWARD, appellant.

Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Felice B. Milani of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Marion M. Tang of counsel), for respondent.


Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Felice B. Milani of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Marion M. Tang of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Braslow, J.), rendered March 6, 2014, convicting him of burglary in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree (four counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and resisting arrest, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was originally convicted of all charges against him in this case after a trial. The judgment of conviction was reversed by this Court and a new trial was ordered (see People v. Buggsward, 104 A.D.3d 865, 961 N.Y.S.2d 313). The defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to all charges against him.

The defendant's contention regarding the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress testimony regarding a showup identification, his contention that his previous counsel was ineffective for failing to reopen the Wade hearing (see United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149), and his pro se contention that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him are not properly before this Court, as those contentions could have been raised on the defendant's appeal from his original judgment of conviction (see People v. Curtis, 119 A.D.3d 705, 989 N.Y.S.2d 610; People v. Licitra, 125 A.D.2d 592, 509 N.Y.S.2d 780).

While the defendant also contends that counsel who represented him at his plea was ineffective for failing to file a motion for a Dunaway hearing (see Dunway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200, 99 S.Ct. 2248, 60 L.Ed.2d 824), by pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited appellate review of any claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at his plea that does not directly involve the plea bargaining process, including the failure to make a motion for a pretrial hearing (see People v. Petgen, 55 N.Y.2d 529, 535, 450 N.Y.S.2d 299, 435 N.E.2d 669; People v. Donovan, 133 A.D.3d 615, 20 N.Y.S.3d 96; People v. McGuire, 122 A.D.3d 947, 997 N.Y.S.2d 468).

HALL, J.P., COHEN, HINDS–RADIX and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Buggsward

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 13, 2016
138 A.D.3d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
Case details for

People v. Buggsward

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lindel BUGGSWARD, appellant.

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Apr 13, 2016

Citations

138 A.D.3d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
138 A.D.3d 881
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 2846

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