| People v Bridgers |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 01475 [159 AD3d 715] |
| March 7, 2018 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Eric Bridgers, Appellant. |
Jillian S. Harrington, Staten Island, NY, for appellant.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Donald Berk and Brian Witthuhn ofcounsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Patricia A.Harrington, J.), rendered August 3, 2016, convicting him of aggravated unlicensed operation of amotor vehicle in the first degree, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in thesecond degree, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, andoperating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol as a misdemeanor, upon his pleaof guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that his plea of guilty was involuntary, unknowing, and notintelligently entered is unpreserved for appellate review, since he failed to move to withdraw theplea before sentencing (see People vTissiera, 138 AD3d 1040 [2016]; People v Pryor, 11 AD3d 565 [2004]). In any event, the plea wasvoluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently entered (see People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d536, 543 [1993]; People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]; People v Harris, 61NY2d 9, 17 [1983]). Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court's commentsregarding his possible sentence exposure were he to proceed to trial were informative, notcoercive (see People v Tavares, 103AD3d 820, 820 [2013]; see alsoPeople v Licausi, 122 AD3d 771, 773 [2014]).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Mastro, J.P., Chambers, Duffy andConnolly, JJ., concur.