PEOPLE v. SPARKS (2018)

Judgment of conviction, (Laurence E. Busching, J.), rendered December 3, 2015, affirmed.

Defendant's guilty plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary (People v. Conceicao, 26 NY3d 375, 382 [2015]; People v. Sougou, 26 NY3d 1052, 1054 [2015] ). At the plea proceeding defendant, among other things, waived prosecution by information and formal allocution, admitted his guilt to the offense to which he was pleading, stated that he was pleading guilty freely and voluntarily after consultation with counsel, and that he understood he was giving up his rights to a trial by jury, to remain silent, to call witnesses and to confront the People's witnesses. Thus, the record as a whole establishes defendant's understanding and waiver of his constitutional rights (see Boykin v. Alabama, 395 US 238 [1969] ), and nothing in the allocution casts any doubt on the plea's voluntariness.

Per Curiam.