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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. LEONARD LEE BURDEN, ALSO KNOWN AS LB, DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 220.39[1] ), defendant contends that County Court erred in enhancing his sentence without affording him the opportunity to withdraw his plea (see generally People v. Selikoff, 35 N.Y.2d 227, 241–242, cert denied 419 U.S. 1122). “Defendant, however, failed to preserve that contention for our review because he failed to object to the alleged enhanced sentence and did not move to withdraw his plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction on that ground” (People v. Epps, 109 AD3d 1104, 1105; see People v. Gerald, 103 AD3d 1249, 1250). We decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15[3][c] ), and we conclude that the sentence, as imposed, is not unduly harsh or severe.
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 13–00310
Decided: June 13, 2014
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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