Opinion
109684
12-19-2019
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joann LOBAO, Appellant.
Brian M. Callahan, Albany, for appellant. P. David Soares, District Attorney, Albany (Jonathan P. Catania of counsel), for respondent.
Brian M. Callahan, Albany, for appellant.
P. David Soares, District Attorney, Albany (Jonathan P. Catania of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Mulvey, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Clark, J. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Carter, J.), rendered July 7, 2017, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crimes of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree and driving while intoxicated.
Defendant was charged in a three-count indictment with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breath test. In full satisfaction thereof, defendant agreed to plead guilty to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree and driving while intoxicated in return for concurrent terms of probation. Defendant also was required to waive her right to appeal. After sentencing twice was adjourned as a result of defendant's failure to meet with the Probation Department and her subsequent arrest, defendant was sentenced to the contemplated terms of probation – subject to various terms and conditions. Following defendant's admitted violation of probation, County Court sentenced defendant to a prison term of 1 to 3 years upon her conviction of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree and to time served upon her conviction of driving while intoxicated. This appeal ensued.
Although defendant's challenge to the voluntariness of her plea – the sole issue raised upon appeal – survives her uncontested appeal waiver, this argument is unpreserved for our review in the absence of an appropriate postallocution motion (see People v. Clerveau, 174 A.D.3d 1066, 1066, 104 N.Y.S.3d 767 [2019], lv denied 34 N.Y.3d 949, 110 N.Y.S.3d 639, 134 N.E.3d 638 [2019] ; People v. Allen, 166 A.D.3d 1210, 1210, 85 N.Y.S.3d 803 [2018], lvs denied 32 N.Y.3d 1201, 1206, 122 N.E.3d 1111, 122 N.E.3d 1111 [2019] ; People v. Widger, 160 A.D.3d 1297, 1297, 75 N.Y.S.3d 360 [2018] ). Further, as the record does not reflect that defendant made any statements that were inconsistent with her guilt, negated an element of the charged crimes or otherwise called into question the voluntariness of her plea, the narrow exception to the preservation requirement was not triggered (see People v. Bonafante, 166 A.D.3d 1228, 1228, 85 N.Y.S.3d 798 [2018] ; People v. Retell, 164 A.D.3d 1501, 1502, 82 N.Y.S.3d 279 [2018] ; People v. Jackson, 159 A.D.3d 1276, 1276, 73 N.Y.S.3d 676 [2018], lv denied 31 N.Y.3d 1149, 83 N.Y.S.3d 431, 108 N.E.3d 505 [2018] ). Accordingly, the judgment of conviction is affirmed.
Garry, P.J., Mulvey, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.