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People v. Christopher Banks

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 3, 1986
117 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

February 3, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schwartzwald, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant failed to raise his objections to the adequacy of his plea allocution in the court of first instance and, accordingly, has not preserved his claim for appellate review (People v Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636; People v. Attardi, 114 A.D.2d 963). In any event, we find that the allocution established the requisite elements of attempted robbery in the first degree, as intent to harm the victim is not an element of that crime (see, Penal Law § 110.00, 160.15 Penal [3]).

Defendant contends that his sentence of 3 to 6 years' imprisonment was excessive. However, defendant was fully advised of his right to a hearing to controvert the predicate felony statement filed by the People. His failure to object to, or controvert the use of, his prior felony conviction as a predicate felony, or request a hearing thereon, was a waiver of his right to challenge that conviction and its validity (see, People v Barnes, 99 A.D.2d 877; CPL 400.21, [7] [b]). The sentence imposed upon defendant as a second felony offender was the minimum permitted by statute (Penal Law § 70.06 [b]; [4]). Furthermore, it was in accordance with a negotiated plea agreed to by defendant. He cannot now claim that it was excessive (see, People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816).

Defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, which is based on matters dehors the record, should be raised by way of motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 (see, People v. Conyers, 114 A.D.2d 967). Mollen, P.J., Gibbons, Brown, Niehoff and Eiber, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Christopher Banks

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 3, 1986
117 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Christopher Banks

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER BANKS…

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

Date published: Feb 3, 1986

Citations

117 A.D.2d 611 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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