People v. Sidique

People v Sidique (2018 NY Slip Op 08336) People v Sidique 2018 NY Slip Op 08336 Decided on December 5, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on December 5, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J. WILLIAM F. MASTRO BETSY BARROS FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. 2017-03795 [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Saad Sidique, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 302/17) Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant. Timothy D. Sini, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Thomas C. Costello of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Barbara Kahn, J.), rendered March 8, 2017, convicting him of rape in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his challenge to the validity of his plea of guilty, as he did not move to withdraw the plea, or otherwise raise the issue before the County Court (see People v Ellis, 142 AD3d 509, 510; People v Gomez, 114 AD3d 701, 701). Moreover, contrary to the defendant's contention, the narrow exception to the preservation rule is inapplicable here, as nothing in the plea allocution cast doubt upon the defendant's guilt, negated an essential element of the crime, or called into question the voluntariness of the plea (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666; People v Ellis, 142 AD3d at 510; People v Gomez, 114 AD3d at 701-702). In any event, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily allocuted to the facts constituting the offense, while under oath at the plea proceeding, and the plea was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made (see People v Ellis, 142 AD3d at 510; People v Gomez, 114 AD3d at 702). Contrary to the defendant's contention, certain postplea statements attributed to the defendant in the presentence report did not obligate the sentencing court to conduct a sua sponte inquiry into the validity of the defendant's plea of guilty (see People v Ellis, 142 AD3d at 510; People v Appling, 94 AD3d 1135, 1136; People v Kelly, 50 AD3d 921, 921). SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court