PEOPLE v. LOPEZ (2001)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J.), rendered February 16, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7 years to life, and order, same court and Justice, entered on or about September 8, 2000, which summarily denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction, unanimously affirmed.

 There were no factual issues warranting a hearing on defendant's motion to vacate judgment (see, People v. Satterfield, 66 N.Y.2d 796, 497 N.Y.S.2d 903, 488 N.E.2d 834;  People v. Dominguez, 257 A.D.2d 511, 685 N.Y.S.2d 14, lv. denied 93 N.Y.2d 872, 689 N.Y.S.2d 434, 711 N.E.2d 648).   The record before the motion court clearly established that the People rejected defendant's proposed cooperation agreement solely because defendant was on lifetime parole as the result of a previous conviction of second-degree possession and sentence of 4 years to life, and that any misconduct or misstatements by defendant's original attorney had no impact on the disposition of the case.   Moreover, defendant forfeited his claim of ineffective assistance by his original attorney when his new attorney, who was aware of the actions of the first attorney, competently advised defendant to plead guilty nonetheless (see, People v. Petgen, 55 N.Y.2d 529, 532, 534-535, 450 N.Y.S.2d 299, 435 N.E.2d 669).

We perceive no basis for reduction of sentence.