PEOPLE v. SIERRA


267 A.D.2d 92 (1999)

699 N.Y.S.2d 688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DIOGENES SIERRA, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 14, 1999.


The court properly denied defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. The record, including defendant's thorough plea allocution, establishes the voluntariness of the pleas, and defendant's assertion that his pleas were impaired by mental illness and medication is unsupported by any evidence. We note that defendant was examined pursuant to CPL article 730 and found competent.

Defendant's unrestricted waiver of his right to appeal forecloses review of his excessive...

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