People v. Dangerfield

2026 NY Slip Op 00257

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 21, 2026
• Docket: Ind. No. 70256/19
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Dangerfield (2026 NY Slip Op 00257)

People v Dangerfield

2026 NY Slip Op 00257

Decided on January 21, 2026

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on January 21, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
BETSY BARROS, J.P.
LARA J. GENOVESI
LOURDES M. VENTURA
ELENA GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ.

2024-04810
(Ind. No. 70256/19)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Savonn M. Dangerfield, appellant.

Bruce R. Bekritsky, Carle Place, NY, for appellant.

Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and David L. Glovin of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Meryl J. Berkowitz, J.), rendered May 14, 2024, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that his plea of guilty was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent is unpreserved for appellate review, since the defendant did not move to withdraw his plea or otherwise raise this issue before the County Court (see CPL 470.05[2]; People v Peque, 22 NY3d 168, 182; People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666). In any event, the record demonstrates that the defendant's plea of guilty was entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently (see People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 17; People v Sulaiman, 134 AD3d 860, 861).

BARROS, J.P., GENOVESI, VENTURA and GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court