PEOPLE v. ROSS (2007)

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Adler, J.), rendered April 5, 2006, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

 The defendant's contentions that his plea of guilty was not knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made, and that he was not provided with the effective assistance of counsel, are unpreserved for appellate review because he failed to move to withdraw his plea on these grounds (see People v. Thompson, 28 A.D.3d 498, 816 N.Y.S.2d 80;  People v. Catts, 26 A.D.3d 341, 812 N.Y.S.2d 549).   The exception to the preservation requirement (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5) is inapplicable herein because nothing in the plea allocution casts significant doubt on the defendant's guilt, or calls into question the voluntariness of his plea (see People v. Martin, 7 A.D.3d 640, 641, 776 N.Y.S.2d 499).   In any event, based on the record, the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered his plea of guilty (see People v. Fiumefreddo, 82 N.Y.2d 536, 543-547, 605 N.Y.S.2d 671, 626 N.E.2d 646;  People v. Sioleski, 21 A.D.3d 501, 502, 799 N.Y.S.2d 812;  People v. Leo, 255 A.D.2d 458, 459, 680 N.Y.S.2d 859).

 To the extent that the defendant argues that his plea was invalid on the ground that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because of his counsel's alleged failure to advise him of potentially viable defenses, such contentions “cannot be reviewed on direct appeal since [they are] based on matter which is dehors the record” (see People v. Spotards, 23 A.D.3d 586, 587, 804 N.Y.S.2d 264).   To the extent that the defendant's contentions are based on the record, he was provided with meaningful assistance of counsel (see People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 714, 674 N.Y.S.2d 629, 697 N.E.2d 584;  People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400).