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State v. Benitez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 19, 2007
39 A.D.3d 1029 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 16242.

April 19, 2007.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (McGill, J.), rendered June 9, 2003, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate.

Charles J. Keegan, Albany, for appellant. Andrew J. Wylie, District Attorney, Plattsburgh (Chantelle Schember of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Peters, J.P., Spain, Mugglin and Rose, JJ.


Defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate and was thereafter sentenced to a prison term of 2 to 4 years, to run consecutive to his sentence of 100 years to life that he was already serving. Defendant then appealed and this Court rejected an Anders brief and assigned new counsel ( 28 AD3d 804). We now affirm.

Defendant's argument that County Court erred by failing to afford him the opportunity to withdraw his plea once it became evident that the court could not honor the agreed-upon sentence is not preserved for our review given defendant's failure to move for withdrawal of the guilty plea or vacatur of the judgment of conviction ( see People v Oliver, 26 AD3d 675, 676, lv denied 7 NY3d 760). For the same reason, defendant's claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is also unpreserved for appellate review ( see People v Graham, 35 AD3d 1039, 1039). Despite the foregoing, we have reviewed the record, considered both of defendant's contentions and find them to be unavailing.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Benitez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 19, 2007
39 A.D.3d 1029 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

State v. Benitez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HENRY BENITEZ…

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

Date published: Apr 19, 2007

Citations

39 A.D.3d 1029 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 3218
832 N.Y.S.2d 457

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