People v Irby
2018 NY Slip Op 00639 [158 AD3d 1050]
February 2, 2018<>
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
As corrected through Wednesday, March 28, 2018


[*1](February 2, 2018)
 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Michael A.Irby, Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.)

Raymond P. Kot, II, Williamsville, for defendant-appellant.

Brooks T. Baker, District Attorney, Bath (John C. Tunney of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Steuben County Court (Joseph W. Latham, J.), rendered July1, 2015. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of acontrolled substance in the third degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: In each of these appeals, defendant appeals from a judgment convicting himupon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (PenalLaw § 220.16 [1]). As a preliminary matter, we note that it is unnecessary to reviewdefendant's challenge in each appeal to his waiver of the right to appeal inasmuch as none of theissues he raises would be foreclosed from review by a valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Cooper, 34 AD3d827, 827 [2d Dept 2006]).

Defendant contends in each appeal that his guilty plea was not knowingly, voluntarily, andintelligently entered because, at the time of each plea, County Court did not advise him that hewould be sentenced as a second felony offender and did not advise him of his Boykinrights. Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention in either appeal inasmuch as hedid not move to withdraw either plea or to vacate either judgment of conviction (see People v Metayeo, 155 AD3d1239, 1241 [3d Dept 2017]; Peoplev Kopy, 54 AD3d 441, 441 [3d Dept 2008]; see also People v Conceicao, 26 NY3d 375, 382 [2015]; People v Hampton, 142 AD3d1305, 1306 [4th Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 1124 [2016]).

In addition, to the extent that defendant contends in each appeal that "certain conversationsand interactions with defense counsel gave rise to ineffective assistance of counsel and alsoestablished that [each] plea was involuntary, such contentions are 'based on matters outside therecord and must therefore be raised by way of a motion pursuant to CPL article 440' " (People v Dale, 142 AD3d 1287,1290 [4th Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 1144 [2017]; see People v Cook, 46 AD3d 1427,1428 [4th Dept 2007], lv denied 10 NY3d 809 [2008]). Present—Whalen, P.J.,Peradotto, Lindley, NeMoyer and Troutman, JJ.


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