People v Laterza
2015 NY Slip Op 05498 [129 AD3d 1105]
June 24, 2015
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, August 5, 2015


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

Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Anne E. Oh of counsel), forrespondent.

Appeals by the defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County(Weber, J.), both rendered June 25, 2012, convicting him of attempted burglary in thesecond degree under indictment No. 497-12 and robbery in the third degree undersuperior court information No. 1015-12, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposingsentences.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the County Court and the People failed to complywith CPL 400.21 before he was sentenced as a second felony offender under indictmentNo. 497-2012 is unpreserved for appellate review, since the defendant did not move tovacate his plea or otherwise raise this issue in the sentencing court (see People vProctor, 79 NY2d 992, 994 [1992]; People v Smith, 73 NY2d 961, 962[1989]; People v Brown,123 AD3d 732 [2014]; People v Gilbert, 114 AD3d 874 [2014]; People v Winslow, 100 AD3d1031 [2012]). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit, since thePeople established that there was substantial compliance with CPL 400.21 at thedefendant's arraignment on a predicate felony offender statement filed on June 19, 2012(see People v Bouyea, 64 NY2d 1140, 1142 [1985]).

The sentence imposed under superior court information No. 1015-12 was notexcessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Mastro, J.P., Chambers,Cohen, Miller and LaSalle, JJ., concur.


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