PEOPLE v. ANDERSON (2009)

Defendant appeals from a judgment revoking his sentence of probation imposed upon his conviction, following his plea of guilty, of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree (Penal Law § 135.05), and sentencing him to a one-year term of imprisonment. Inasmuch as “ ‘defendant has completed serving the sentence imposed, his contention that the sentence is unduly harsh and severe has been rendered moot’ “ (People v. Bald, 34 A.D.3d 1362, 823 N.Y.S.2d 741). Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant's contention is not moot, “we [would] decline to reduce the sentence to 364 days to enable defendant to avoid deportation” (People v. Soroka, 28 A.D.3d 1219, 1220, 813 N.Y.S.2d 619, lv denied 7 N.Y.3d 818, 822 N.Y.S.2d 493, 855 N.E.2d 809).

Contrary to defendant's further contention, “[t]he People properly presented the requisite residuum of competent legal evidence and thus met their burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant violated the terms and conditions of his probation” (People v. Van Every, 26 A.D.3d 777, 777, 810 N.Y.S.2d 609 [internal quotation marks omitted] ). The contention of defendant that defense counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the condition of his probation requiring sex offender treatment is not properly before us inasmuch as defendant failed to appeal from the underlying judgment of conviction (see People v. Grzywaczewski, 61 A.D.3d 699, 875 N.Y.S.2d 906; People v. Postula, 50 A.D.3d 1581, 856 N.Y.S.2d 420, lv denied 10 N.Y.3d 938, 862 N.Y.S.2d 345, 892 N.E.2d 411; see also People v. Satiro, 28 A.D.3d 497, 811 N.Y.S.2d 589). Finally, we conclude that the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of this case, viewed in totality and as of the time of the representation, establish that defense counsel provided meaningful representation at the probation revocation hearing (see generally People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400).

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal from the judgment insofar as it imposed sentence is unanimously dismissed and the judgment is otherwise affirmed.

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