PEOPLE v. PICKENS (1998)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Isom PICKENS, Jr., Appellant.

Decided: December 14, 1998

BRACKEN, J.P., RITTER, COPERTINO, SANTUCCI and ALTMAN, JJ.

Gary E. Eisenberg, Monroe, N.Y., for appellant. Michael E. Bongiorno, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Ellen O'Hara Woods of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered March 11, 1997, convicting him of 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 his plea of guilty, the defendant forfeited his right to challenge the geographic jurisdiction of the District Attorney of Rockland County to prosecute the instant offense (see, People v. Gesualdi, 247 A.D.2d 629, 668 N.Y.S.2d 487; People v. Torres, 194 A.D.2d 815, 599 N.Y.S.2d 1014; People v. Ianniello, 156 A.D.2d 469, 548 N.Y.S.2d 755; People v. Hinestrosa, 121 A.D.2d 469, 503 N.Y.S.2d 155).

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.

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