People v. Ross

52 A.D.3d 624, 861 N.Y.S.2d 69

Opinion

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered November 13, 2005, convicting him of murder in the first degree, 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 and voluntary is unpreserved for appellate review, since he did not move to withdraw his plea of guilty (see People v Rodriguez, 51 AD3d 1043 [2008]). Moreover, this case does not present a “rare exception” to the preservation requirement, as the defendant’s recitation of the facts underlying the crime to which he pleaded guilty did not clearly cast doubt on his guilt or otherwise call into question the voluntariness of his plea (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662 [1988]).

In any event, the record of the plea proceeding establishes that the plea was knowing and voluntary, and that there was no need for further inquiry concerning the existence of the possibility of the affirmative defenses of extreme emotional disturbance or intoxication (see People v Burgess, 21 AD3d 904 [2005]; People v Washington, 186 AD2d 834 [1992]; People v Maida, 147 AD2d 711 [1989]). Lifson, J.P., Florio, Garni and Belen, JJ., concur.