People v. Pickens
| Decision Date | 14 December 1998 |
| Citation | 682 N.Y.S.2d 238 |
| Parties | 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 11,064 The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Isom PICKENS, Jr., Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Gary E. Eisenberg, Monroe, N.Y., for appellant.
Michael E. Bongiorno, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Ellen O'Hara Woods of counsel), for respondent.
BRACKEN, J.P., RITTER, COPERTINO, SANTUCCI and ALTMAN, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered March 11, 1997, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
By his plea of guilty, the defendant forfeited his right to challenge the geographic jurisdiction of the District Attorney of Rockland County to prosecute the instant offense (see, People v. Gesualdi, 247 A.D.2d 629, 668 N.Y.S.2d 487; People v. Torres, 194 A.D.2d 815, 599 N.Y.S.2d 1014; People v. Ianniello, 156 A.D.2d 469, 548 N.Y.S.2d 755; People v. Hinestrosa, 121 A.D.2d 469, 503 N.Y.S.2d 155).
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