The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cory Curley, Defendant–Appellant. (2023)

Justine M. Luongo, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Heidi Bota of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Kerry Fulham of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Curtis J. Farber, J.), rendered June 26, 2018, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to five years' probation, unanimously affirmed.

By pleading guilty, defendant forfeited his right to review of the court's denial of his CPL 210.40 motion to dismiss the indictment in furtherance of justice (see e. g. People v. Hernandez, 198 AD3d 545 [1st Dept 2021], lv denied 37 NY3d 1161 [2022] ).  There is nothing jurisdictional or fundamental (see People v. Hansen, 95 N.Y.2d 227, 230 [2000] ) about a discretionary denial of such a motion.  In any event, we find that the

court providently exercised its discretion in declining to grant this “extraordinary remedy ․, which we have cautioned should be exercised sparingly” (Hernandez, 198 AD3d at 545 [citation omitted] ).