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People v. Hayes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Oct 20, 1994
208 A.D.2d 1054 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

October 20, 1994

Appeal from the County Court of Warren County (Moynihan, J.).


In view of defendant's failure to move to withdraw his plea of guilty or to vacate the judgment of conviction entered thereon, his challenge to the voluntariness of his plea and the factual predicate for the counts of the indictment to which he pleaded guilty has not been preserved for appellate review (see, People v. Coleman, 203 A.D.2d 729; People v. Hicks, 201 A.D.2d 831). Our review of the record indicates that defendant's guilty plea was entered voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently in any event. Contrary to defendant's contention, proof that the victim died from a heart attack sustained during the course of the burglary provided adequate factual support for the charge of felony murder (see, People v. Ingram, 67 N.Y.2d 897). We have considered defendant's remaining contentions, including the argument that the aggregate prison sentence of 18 years to life was harsh and excessive, and find them to be unpreserved or lacking in merit.

Mikoll, J.P., Yesawich Jr. and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Hayes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Oct 20, 1994
208 A.D.2d 1054 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

People v. Hayes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROY S. HAYES, Appellant

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

Date published: Oct 20, 1994

Citations

208 A.D.2d 1054 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
617 N.Y.S.2d 574

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