Opinion
2017–06005 Ind. No. 20059V/17
02-16-2022
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Mouhammad RAZZAQ, appellant.
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Hannah Kon of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Gamaliel Marrero, and Andrew S. Ayala of counsel), for respondent.
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Hannah Kon of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Gamaliel Marrero, and Andrew S. Ayala of counsel), for respondent.
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, WILLIAM G. FORD, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Esther Morgenstern, J.), rendered May 16, 2017, convicting him of criminal contempt in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that his plea of guilty was not voluntary is unpreserved for appellate review, since he did not move to vacate his plea or otherwise raise the issue at an appropriate juncture before the Supreme Court (see CPL 470.05[2] ; People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5 ). In any event, the record as a whole reveals that the plea was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made (see People v. Fiumefreddo, 82 N.Y.2d 536, 543, 605 N.Y.S.2d 671, 626 N.E.2d 646 ).
The defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is without merit (see People v. Caban, 5 N.Y.3d 143, 152, 800 N.Y.S.2d 70, 833 N.E.2d 213 ).
IANNACCI, J.P., MILLER, MALTESE and FORD, JJ., concur.