THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. JAMES JONES DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2017)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:  Defendant appeals from a judgment revoking the sentence of probation imposed upon his conviction of driving while intoxicated as a class E felony (Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1192[3];  1193[1][c][i][A] ), and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of one to three years.  We note at the outset that, contrary to the People's contention, defendant's waiver of the right to appeal at the underlying plea proceeding does not preclude our review of his contentions on this appeal following the revocation of his probation (see generally People v. Williams, 140 AD3d 1749, 1750, lv denied 28 NY3d 975;  People v. Rodriguez, 259 A.D.2d 1040, 1040).

Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that County Court erred in failing to order an updated presentence report before sentencing defendant upon his admission to violating probation (see People v. Stachnik, 101 AD3d 1590, 1592, lv denied 20 NY3d 1104).  In any event, the court was sufficiently familiar with defendant's status and his conduct while on probation that an updated report was not required to enable it to perform its sentencing function, inasmuch as the court was informed that defendant had pleaded guilty in another county to a new charge of driving while intoxicated committed while he was on probation (see id. at 1592;  People v. Perry, 278 A.D.2d 933, 933, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 866;  cf.  People v. Klinkowski, 281 A.D.2d 972, 973, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 831).  We further conclude that defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel by his attorney's failure to request an updated presentence report (see People v. Williams, 114 AD3d 993, 994, lv denied 23 NY3d 969;  see generally People v. Ward, 25 AD3d 727, 727, lv denied 7 NY3d 764).  Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court