The defendant was properly adjudicated a second violent felony offender, as he failed to meet his burden of establishing that his prior violent felony conviction was unconstitutionally obtained (see generally People v Harris,
The defendant’s remaining contentions regarding the adequacy of the prior plea allocution are unpreserved for appellate review, as they were not raised at the hearing to controvert his status as a second violent felony offender (see CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the defendant failed to establish that the prior plea allocution was constitutionally defective (see People v McGrath,
The court amended the defendant’s sentence to increase the period of postrelease supervision from 2V2 years to 5 years based on the defendant’s status as a second violent felony offender, as required by Penal Law § 70.45 (2). The defendant concedes that the sentence was properly amended in the event
