People v Beckers
2012 NY Slip Op 02512 [94 AD3d 774]
April 3, 2012
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, May 23, 2012


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

[*1]Mark Diamond, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), forrespondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.),rendered February 28, 2011, convicting him of attempted dissemination of indecent material to aminor in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up forreview an order of protection issued at the time of sentencing.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contentions that his plea was notvoluntary, knowing, and intelligent due to the trial court's failure to advise him, at the time of hisplea, that an order of protection would be imposed upon him at sentencing and that he would berequired to register as a sex offender (see People v Williams, 84 AD3d 1417, 1418 [2011]; People v Morrow, 48 AD3d 704,705 [2008]; People v Dixon, 16AD3d 517 [2005]). These contentions are, in any event, without merit (see People v Gravino, 14 NY3d546, 553 [2010]; People vVasquez, 85 AD3d 1068 [2011]; People v Smith, 85 AD3d 1065 [2011]; People v Margillo, 69 AD3d 655[2010]).

The defendant's contention that the order of protection was improperly issued since thesentencing court failed to specify any reason on the record for issuance of the order (seeCPL 530.12 [5]) is belied by the record. Further, with respect to the duration of the order ofprotection, contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentencing court complied with CPL530.12 by "fix[ing]" the duration of the order, as required by that statute (CPL 530.12 [5]).Skelos, J.P., Belen, Lott and Miller, JJ., concur.


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