People v. Conti

Jul 16, 2001
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—Appeal by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County ‍‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‍(Grosso, J.), both rendered November 23, 1998, convicting him of attempted assault in the first degree (two counts, one each as to Superior Court Information Nos. ‍‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‍2942/98 and 3429/98), upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the comments he made at sentencing ‍‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‍did not call into question the voluntariness of his pleas. Therefore, the Supreme Court was not under a duty to inquire, sua sponte, into the validity of his ‍‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‍pleas, or to offer him an opportunity to withdraw his pleas before imposing sentence (see, People v Jackson, 273 AD2d 937; People v Riley, 264 AD2d 689; see generally, People v ‍‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‍Lopez, 71 NY2d 662). O’Brien, J. P., Krausman, Goldstein, Schmidt and Crane, JJ., concur.