Opinion
Submitted June 9, 1999
September 20, 1999
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Corso, J.), rendered September 21, 1998, convicting her of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon her plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ethel P. Ross, Rye, N.Y., for appellant.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Peter Sweitzer Smith of counsel), for respondent.
FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the court erred in failing to conduct a mental competency hearing ( see, CPL 730.30; see, People v. Morgan, 87 N.Y.2d 878; People v. Armlin, 37 N.Y.2d 167, 171; People v. Lucci, 250 A.D.2d 780). Moreover, the record reveals that the defendant's plea was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered ( see, People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9). In addition, contrary to her contention, the defendant received effective assistance of counsel ( see, People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137). The defendant's attorney negotiated an advantageous plea agreement that substantially limited her exposure to imprisonment ( see, People v. Mobley, 221 A.D.2d 376; People v. Williams, 221 A.D.2d 674).
SANTUCCI, J.P., KRAUSMAN, FLORIO, and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.