Order unanimously reversed, motion granted and defendant remanded to Monroe County Court for resentencing.
Memorandum:
It was error for the court to deny the People's motion to sentence defendant as a second felony offender. "A challenge to a plea based on an insufficient factual recitation is to be distinguished from a challenge based on constitutional grounds" and may not properly be raised for the first time in a second felony offender adjudication (
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