Opinion
04-13-2016
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Peterson W. DUCHATELLIER, appellant.
Bruce A. Petito, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for appellant. David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Elizabeth L. Schulz and Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Bruce A. Petito, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for appellant.
David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Elizabeth L. Schulz and Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (De Rosa, J.), rendered November 19, 2014, convicting him of assault in the first 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 knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered is unpreserved for appellate review, since he did not move to withdraw his plea on this ground prior to the imposition of sentence (see CPL 220.60[3]; People v. Clarke, 93 N.Y.2d 904, 906, 690 N.Y.S.2d 501, 712 N.E.2d 668; People v. Andrea, 98 A.D.3d 627, 949 N.Y.S.2d 654). Contrary to the defendant's contention, the exception to the preservation requirement does not apply here because the defendant's plea allocution did not cast significant doubt upon his guilt, negate an essential element of the crime, or call into question the voluntariness of the plea (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5; People v. Gibson, 95 A.D.3d 1033, 944 N.Y.S.2d 237).
The defendant's contentions regarding the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution and the excessiveness of his sentence are precluded by his valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v. Sanders, 25 N.Y.3d 337, 340–341, 12 N.Y.S.3d 593, 34 N.E.3d 344; People v. Ramos, 7 N.Y.3d 737, 819 N.Y.S.2d 853, 853 N.E.2d 222; People v. Crews, 92 A.D.3d 795, 938 N.Y.S.2d 475; People v. Hardee, 84 A.D.3d 835, 922 N.Y.S.2d 785). The defendant's contention regarding the evidence presented before the grand jury is precluded both by his plea of guilty (see People v. Konieczny, 2 N.Y.3d 569, 572, 780 N.Y.S.2d 546, 813 N.E.2d 626; People v. Hansen, 95 N.Y.2d 227, 233, 715 N.Y.S.2d 369, 738 N.E.2d 773; People v. Woods, 115 A.D.3d 997, 982 N.Y.S.2d 180) and his valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v. Guerrero, 126 A.D.3d 613, 614, 3 N.Y.S.3d 600; People v. Howard, 119 A.D.3d 1090, 1091, 988 N.Y.S.2d 726).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., SGROI, HINDS–RADIX and MALTESE, JJ., concur.