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People v. Soto

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 16, 2000
273 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

June 16, 2000.

Appeal from Judgment of Cattaraugus County Court, Himelein, J. — Assault, 1st Degree.

PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., WISNER, SCUDDER AND LAWTON, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The waiver by defendant of the right to appeal as part of his negotiated plea agreement encompasses his present challenge to County Court's adverse suppression ruling ( see, People v. Kemp, 94 N.Y.2d 831, 833). By failing to move to withdraw the plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction, defendant failed to preserve for our review his present challenge to the voluntariness of the plea ( see, People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665-666). When defendant indicated that he did not remember the circumstances of the crime because he was "not in [his] right mind" at the time, the court properly made additional inquiry to ascertain that defendant understood that, by entering a plea of guilty, he was waiving the right to raise as a defense "that you weren't in your right mind" ( see, People v. Lopez, supra, at 667-668). The bargained-for sentence is neither unduly harsh nor severe.


Summaries of

People v. Soto

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 16, 2000
273 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Soto

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. CESAR SOTO…

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

Date published: Jun 16, 2000

Citations

273 A.D.2d 848 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
709 N.Y.S.2d 282