People v. Froats
| Decision Date | 13 July 1990 |
| Citation | 163 A.D.2d 906,558 N.Y.S.2d 426 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mark S. FROATS, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Scott Rodman, Rochester, for appellant.
Robert E. Wildridge by David Klim, Syracuse, for respondent.
Before DENMAN, J.P., and BOOMER, PINE, BALIO and LOWERY, JJ.
Where the defendant, at a second felony hearing, fails to challenge the constitutionality of a prior felony conviction, he waives any allegation of unconstitutionality unless good cause can be shown for the failure to make a timely challenge (CPL 400.21[7][b], and the court's finding that defendant is a second felony offender is binding upon him in any future proceeding (CPL 400.21[8]. Defendant failed to challenge the constitutionality of his 1976 felony conviction at the time of his second felony offender hearing in 1981, but sought to challenge the constitutionality of that first conviction at his persistent felony hearing. He urged that the court's failure, during sentencing on the 1981 conviction, to ask defendant if he wished to challenge the constitutionality of the earlier conviction constituted "good cause" for failing to make a timely challenge. Defendant was not entitled to that specific request or warning from the court (see, People v. English, 75 A.D.2d 981, 429 N.Y.S.2d 98; People v. Linderberry, 55 A.D.2d 992, 390 N.Y.S.2d 698), and thus failed to demonstrate good cause for failing to challenge the prior conviction. By failing to challenge his 1976 conviction at the 1981 sentencing or to demonstrate good cause for such failure, defendant waived any future challenge to the constitutionality of the 1976 conviction for sentence enhancement purposes (see, People v. Shaffer, 144 A.D.2d 182, 183, 534 N.Y.S.2d 500; People v. Ubiles, 130 A.D.2d 788, 516 N.Y.S.2d 73), and the court properly determined that defendant was a persistent felon.
There is no merit to defendant's contentions that penetration is an essential element of forcible sodomy (see, People v. Reed, 144 A.D.2d 932, 535 N.Y.S.2d 577; People v. Griffin, 96 A.D.2d 720, 465 N.Y.S.2d 89), or that the court abused its discretion in refusing to permit a courtroom experiment (see, People v. Acevedo, 40 N.Y.2d 701, 389 N.Y.S.2d 811, 358 N.E.2d 495; People v. Sugrue, 103 A.D.2d 785, 477 N.Y.S.2d 425) or in permitting cross-examination of defendant concerning the fact that he was convicted of a felony in 1976 (see, People v....
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