THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. JOE MACKEY JR DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2010)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

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

Memorandum:  Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree (Penal Law § 175.10).   Defendant failed to move to withdraw his plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction and thus failed to preserve for our review his contention that the plea was not knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently entered (see People v. Nagel, 60 AD3d 1485, lv denied 12 NY3d 918;  People v. Collins, 45 AD3d 1472, lv denied 10 NY3d 861).   Contrary to defendant's further contention, this case does not fall within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666).   To the extent that the contention of defendant that he was denied effective assistance of counsel is not forfeited by the plea (see People v. Santos, 37 AD3d 1141, lv denied 8 NY3d 950), it is lacking in merit (see generally People v. Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397, 404).

We dismiss the appeal to the extent that defendant challenges the severity of the sentence inasmuch as he has completed serving his sentence and that part of the appeal therefore is moot (see People v. Griffin, 239 A.D.2d 936).   We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and conclude that they are without merit.

Patricia L. Morgan

Clerk of the Court