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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. JODY B. GILLETT, 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 criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02[1] ). Defendant's contention that County Court erred in failing to conduct a hearing on his challenge to the voluntariness of his statements to the police does not survive his guilty plea. “A guilty plea generally results in a forfeiture of the right to appellate review of any nonjurisdictional defects in the proceedings” (People v. Fernandez, 67 N.Y.2d 686, 688), and the exception set forth in CPL 710.70(2) does not apply here because defendant pleaded guilty before the court issued a decision on his suppression motion (see generally People v. Elmer, 19 NY3d 501, 507–508). Defendant's challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury with respect to the third count of the indictment likewise does not survive the guilty plea (see People v. Smith, 28 AD3d 1202, 1202, lv denied 7 NY3d 818; see generally People v. Iannone, 45 N.Y.2d 589, 600–601). Finally, defendant's contention that he was denied effective assistance of counsel “does not survive his guilty plea ․ because there was no showing that the plea bargaining process was infected by [the] allegedly ineffective assistance or that defendant entered the plea because of his attorney['s] allegedly poor performance” (People v. Dean, 48 AD3d 1244, 1245, lv denied 10 NY3d 839 [internal quotation marks omitted] ).
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 12–00723
Decided: April 26, 2013
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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