People v. Irvine

Mar 21, 2003
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—Appeal from a judgment of Wyoming County Court (Griffith, J.), entered July 6, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of rape in the ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]). Defendant contends that County Court failed to conduct ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍the requisite further inquiry to ensure that his plea was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered when his statements during the factual allocution raised a possible defense to rape by forcible compulsion. As a preliminary matter, we note that the contention of defendant survives his valid waiver of the ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍right to appeal and falls within the rare case exception to the preservation doctrine (see People v Moore, 300 AD2d 1085 [2002]; People v Powell, 278 AD2d 848 [2000]). Nevertheless, we reject defendant’s contention. When defendant initially stated during the plea colloquy that there was no forcible compulsion and no sexual intercourse on the ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍al*1014leged date of the crime to which he was pleading guilty, the court conducted the necessary “further inquiry” (People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]), and defendant acknowledged that he had sexual intercourse with the victim on that date without her consent and by use of forcible compulsion (see People ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‍v Haight, 294 AD2d 659 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 536 [2002]; People v Tumminia, 272 AD2d 634 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 939 [2000]). Present — Hurlbutt, J.P., Kehoe, Gorski, Lawton and Hayes, JJ.