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The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Charles DOUGLAS, appellant.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lewis, J.), rendered May 4, 2005, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
By pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited his right to claim that he was deprived of a speedy trial under CPL 30.30 (see People v. O'Brien, 56 N.Y.2d 1009, 1010, 453 N.Y.S.2d 638, 439 N.E.2d 354). He could not validly reserve his right to obtain appellate review of his statutory speedy trial claim merely by obtaining the consent of the prosecutor and the approval of the court at the time his plea was entered (id.). The defendant's contention that his plea was involuntary is not preserved for appellate review since the defendant failed to move to withdraw his plea on this ground (see People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665, 529 N.Y.S.2d 465, 525 N.E.2d 5; People v. Cosby, 31 A.D.3d 660, 817 N.Y.S.2d 903). In any event, his contention is without merit.
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Decided: December 11, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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