People v Marte
2011 NY Slip Op 05299 [85 AD3d 945]
June 14, 2011
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, August 10, 2011


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
JonzMarte, Appellant.

[*1]Thomas T. Keating, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney,White Plains, N.Y. (William C. Milaccio, Lois Cullen Valerio, and Richard Longworth Hecht ofcounsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County(Zambelli, J.), rendered November 2, 2009, convicting him of robbery in the first degree andattempted robbery in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In exchange for his plea of guilty, the defendant was promised a sentence of six months of"shock" incarceration and a period of five years of probation, with youthful offender treatment,and was further advised that if he failed to appear for sentencing, he could receive an enhancedsentence. The defendant failed to appear for sentencing and was later returned on a benchwarrant.

Initially, the defendant's contention that the Supreme Court failed to conduct an adequateplea allocution, is unpreserved for appellate review, since he did not move to withdraw the guiltyplea (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]; People v Ingram, 80 AD3d 713, 713-714 [2011], lv denied16 NY3d 831 [2011]; People vGaines, 11 AD3d 478 [2004]). In any event, the court conducted a sufficient inquiry,and the defendant's plea of guilty was valid.

Additionally, when the defendant failed to comply with the condition of his plea agreementthat he appear on the scheduled sentencing date, the Supreme Court was no longer bound by theoriginal plea agreement and had the right to impose an enhanced sentence (see People vFiggins, 87 NY2d 840, 841 [1995]; People v Bobo, 43 AD3d 950, 951 [2007]; People v White, 3 AD3d 543, 544[2004]). Moreover, as the defendant was made aware that he faced an enhanced sentence if hefailed to comply with the plea agreement, the enhanced sentence was appropriate (see Peoplev White, 3 AD3d at 544). Rivera, J.P., Florio, Dickerson and Eng, JJ., concur.


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