Opinion
April 20, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contests the denial of his pretrial motion for a severance. However, the issues raised therein, pertaining to the right to confront witnesses and the right to trial by jury, do not survive his plea of guilty and are not reviewable on this appeal (see, People v Taylor, 65 N.Y.2d 1). Although there are certain exceptions not relevant here, the general rule is that only those issues which relate either to the exercise of jurisdiction by the court or to the voluntary and knowing nature of his plea are reviewable (see, People v Taylor, supra; People v Zangrillo, 105 A.D.2d 822; People v Thomas, 74 A.D.2d 317, affd 53 N.Y.2d 338). Thompson, J.P., Weinstein, Kunzeman and Harwood, JJ., concur.