THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. BENJAMIN SHEPPARD DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2017)

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 a plea of guilty of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05[7] ), defendant contends that his plea was not voluntarily, knowingly, or intelligently entered.  Defendant failed to preserve his contention for our review inasmuch as he did not move to withdraw his plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL article 440 (see People v. Hill, 128 AD3d 1479, 1480, lv denied 26 NY3d 930).  Contrary to defendant's contention, this case does not fall within the rare exception to the preservation doctrine inasmuch as nothing in the plea colloquy “casts significant doubt upon the defendant's guilt or otherwise calls into question the voluntariness of the plea” (People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666;  see Hill, 128 AD3d at 1480).  To the extent that defendant's contention is based upon matters outside the record, he may raise his contention in a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 (see People v. Medina, 132 AD3d 1363, 1364).

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court