People v Wilson

2013 NY Slip Op 07999 [111 AD3d 969]

November 27, 2013

Appellate Division, Second Department

As corrected through Wednesday, December 25, 2013

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

—[*1]Joseph R. Faraguna, Sag Harbor, N.Y., for appellant.

Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Donald Berk of counsel;Matthew C. Frankel on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County(Ricigliano, J.), rendered July 5, 2012, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlledsubstance in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty (Reilly, J.), and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's plea of guilty was entered voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently(see People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d 536, 543 [1993]; People v Lopez,71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]; People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 17 [1983]).

The defendant received the effective assistance of counsel (see People vBenevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712 [1998]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137,146-147 [1981]). Mastro, J.P., Balkin, Sgroi and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.