Opinion
January 26, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal the defendant contends that his plea of guilty should be vacated because the court did not adequately advise him of the rights he would be waiving or of the existence of potential defenses. Since the defendant failed to raise these grounds in his pro se motion to withdraw his plea they are unpreserved for appellate review ( see, CPL 470.05; People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662; People v. Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636; People v. Carrisquello, 106 A.D.2d 513). In addition, upon reviewing the grounds that were raised in the defendant's pro se motion to withdraw his plea, we conclude that the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the motion ( see, CPL 220.60; People v. Dickerson, 163 A.D.2d 610).
Mangano, P.J., Copertino, Joy, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.