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People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 18, 2006
28 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2005-00171.

April 18, 2006.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), rendered August 13, 2004, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Mark Diamond, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (David R. Huey of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Miller, J.P., Crane, Luciano and Rivera, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the County Court failed to comply with CPL 400.21 before sentencing him as a second felony offender is unpreserved for appellate review ( see People v. Csoke, 11 AD3d 631; cf. People v. Proctor, 79 NY2d 992, 994). In any event, the County Court substantially complied with the statute, and there is no indication that the defendant contemplated a challenge to the constitutionality of his prior conviction. Consequently, the alleged deficiencies were harmless oversights ( see People v. Hickman, 276 AD2d 563, 564; People v. Witherspoon, 155 AD2d 636, 637).


Summaries of

People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 18, 2006
28 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

People v. Cruz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NESTOR CRUZ, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 18, 2006

Citations

28 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2908
813 N.Y.S.2d 222

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