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People v. Ortiz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 31, 1996
227 A.D.2d 902 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 31, 1996

Appeal from the Erie County Court, D'Amico, J.

Present — Denman, P.J., Green, Lawton, Balio and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed and matter remitted to Erie County Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum:

On appeal from a judgment convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, defendant contends that the police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle of the codefendant in which he was a passenger. He further contends that his arrest was not based on probable cause. The stipulated record, however, does not contain motion papers establishing that defendant sought suppression on those grounds and thus, defendant has not preserved those issues for our review ( see, CPL 470.05). Additionally, the record contains no final determination of County Court on a suppression motion, and therefore, defendant, by pleading guilty before the court rendered its final determination, forfeited review of those issues ( see, People v. Fernandez, 67 N.Y.2d 686, 688). Moreover, even assuming, arguendo, that a suppression motion had been denied, defendant neither alleged nor established that he had standing to challenge the search of the vehicle and, therefore, no standing issue is preserved for our review ( see, People v Carter, 86 N.Y.2d 721, 722-723, rearg denied 86 N.Y.2d 839; People v. Reynolds, 216 A.D.2d 883, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 801). In any event, the record shows that the police had both reasonable suspicion to stop the codefendant's vehicle and probable cause for the arrest.

The record establishes that defendant's guilty plea was knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered ( see, People v Lopez, 212 A.D.2d 1053, lv denied 85 N.Y.2d 976). Moreover, the court did not err in summarily denying the motion of defendant to withdraw his guilty plea ( see, CPL 220.60). Further, we note that, where, as here, defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser crime than that charged in the indictment, a factual colloquy is not required ( see, People v. Tirado, 214 A.D.2d 1044; People v Gould, 207 A.D.2d 989, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 1032).

Lastly, both the People and defendant agreed to the plea based upon the court's promise to sentence defendant to a period of incarceration of five years to life. The presentence investigation report indicates that, prior to his commission of the instant offense, defendant had been convicted of at least two felonies in the State of Rhode Island and was a second felony offender. Under the circumstances, the People were required to file a second felony offender statement with the court prior to sentencing and the court was required to sentence defendant as a second felony offender ( see, CPL 400.21). The failure to comply with those statutory mandates renders the sentence invalid as a matter of law ( see, People v. Scarbrough, 66 N.Y.2d 673, revg 105 A.D.2d 1107 on dissent of Boomer, J.; People v. Martinez, 213 A.D.2d 1072). Thus, we modify the judgment by vacating the sentence, and we remit the matter to Erie County Court to provide both the People and defendant the opportunity to move to vacate the plea and set aside the conviction in its entirety or, if they decline so to move, to resentence defendant as a second felony offender ( see, People v. Selikoff, 35 N.Y.2d 227, 241, cert denied 419 U.S. 1122; People v. Martinez, supra; People v. Keiffer, 207 A.D.2d 1022, 1023).


Summaries of

People v. Ortiz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 31, 1996
227 A.D.2d 902 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Ortiz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CLAUDIO ORTIZ…

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

Date published: May 31, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 902 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
643 N.Y.S.2d 809

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