| People v Brooks |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 01990 [192 AD3d 1134] |
| March 31, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Christopher Brooks, Appellant. |
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Kathleen Whooley of counsel), for appellant, andappellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Gamaliel Marrero ofcounsel; Isaac Belenkiy on the memorandum), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Matthew J.D'Emic, J.), rendered January 28, 2019, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree,upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention, in his pro se supplemental brief, that his attorney renderedineffective assistance of counsel by failing to seek the suppression of video evidence is notproperly before this Court, since, by pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited appellate review ofhis claims of ineffective assistance of counsel that did not directly involve the plea negotiationprocess and sentence (see People vFields, 178 AD3d 847, 848 [2019]; People v McTerrell, 174 AD3d 648, 649 [2019]).
Furthermore, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d80 [1982]). Austin, J.P., Duffy, Iannacci and Wooten, JJ., concur.