Opinion
April 26, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Since the defendant did not move to withdraw his plea of guilty or challenge its validity prior to sentencing, he has not preserved for appellate review the claim that the plea allocution was defective (see, People v Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665; People v Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636). In any event, the factual admissions made by the defendant during his plea allocution were sufficient to establish the elements of the crime to which he pleaded guilty (see, Penal Law § 125.25) and further inquiry was not necessary (see, People v Lopez, supra). The defendant's post-plea assertions of factors mitigating guilt do not warrant vacating his guilty plea (see, People v Dixon, 29 N.Y.2d 55; People v James, 192 A.D.2d 555).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contention regarding the ineffective assistance of counsel and find it to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Eiber, JJ., concur.