Opinion
73 KA 19-02104
03-11-2022
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marino PADILLA, Defendant-Appellant.
LAW OFFICE OF VERONICA REED, SCHENECTADY (VERONICA REED OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. JON E. BUDELMANN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (ERICH D. GROME OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
LAW OFFICE OF VERONICA REED, SCHENECTADY (VERONICA REED OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
JON E. BUDELMANN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (ERICH D. GROME OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., LINDLEY, NEMOYER, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the second degree ( Penal Law § 120.05 [7] ). Defendant's challenges to the voluntariness of his guilty plea are unpreserved, and the narrow exception to the preservation requirement set forth in People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5([1988) does not apply in this case (see People v. Padilla , 151 A.D.3d 1700, 1700-1701, 57 N.Y.S.3d 288 [4th Dept. 2017], lv denied 31 N.Y.3d 1016, 78 N.Y.S.3d 286, 102 N.E.3d 1067 [2018] ; see generally People v. Peque , 22 N.Y.3d 168, 182, 980 N.Y.S.2d 280, 3 N.E.3d 617 [2013], cert denied 574 U.S. 840, 135 S.Ct. 90, 190 L.Ed.2d 75 [2014] ). We note in that regard that, contrary to defendant's assertion, "serious physical injury" is not an element of the crime to which he pleaded guilty (see § 120.05 [7] ). Moreover, defendant's "assertion that his allocution failed to affirmatively establish each element of the crime[ to which he pleaded guilty] ‘is not a recognized ground for vacating a guilty plea’ " ( People v. Rathburn , 178 A.D.3d 1421, 1422, 112 N.Y.S.3d 654 [4th Dept. 2019], lv denied 35 N.Y.3d 944, 124 N.Y.S.3d 282, 147 N.E.3d 552 [2020] ; see People v. Goldstein , 12 N.Y.3d 295, 300-301, 879 N.Y.S.2d 814, 907 N.E.2d 692 [2009] ; People v. Gulbin , 165 A.D.3d 1611, 1612, 82 N.Y.S.3d 910 [4th Dept. 2018], lv denied 32 N.Y.3d 1172, 97 N.Y.S.3d 638, 121 N.E.3d 266 [2019] ; People v. Madden , 148 A.D.3d 1576, 1578, 52 N.Y.S.3d 176 [4th Dept. 2017], lv denied 29 N.Y.3d 1034, 62 N.Y.S.3d 303, 84 N.E.3d 975 [2017] ).