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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. GERALD L. NELSON, JR., DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10[4] ) and aggravated criminal contempt (§ 215.52[1] ). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his challenge to the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution with respect to the crime of aggravated criminal contempt (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665). Contrary to defendant's contention, the plea colloquy did not cast significant doubt upon his guilt such that County Court had a duty to conduct a further inquiry to ensure that the plea was knowing and voluntary (see generally id. at 666). Indeed, “[t]he court's duty to inquire further is not triggered merely by the failure of a pleading defendant, whether or not represented by counsel, to recite every element of the crime pleaded to” (id. at 666 n 2). The record belies defendant's contention that a further inquiry was required with respect to the order of protection; the court discussed the order of protection, defendant conceded it was in place when he physically attacked the victim, and he admitted that he knew of the conditions of that order and that he violated them when he physically attacked the victim.
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 11–01986
Decided: April 26, 2013
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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