People v. Smothers

• Decision Date: 18 September 2019
• Docket Number: 2017–11735,Ind. No. 15–01106
• Citation: 175 A.D.3d 1441,106 N.Y.S.3d 626 (Mem)
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Alvin SMOTHERS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

175 A.D.3d 1441

106 N.Y.S.3d 626 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.Alvin SMOTHERS, Appellant.

2017–11735

Ind. No. 15–01106

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted - April 29, 2019

September 18, 2019

Samuel S. Coe, White Plains, NY, for appellant.

Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Christine DiSalvo and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, SHERI S. ROMAN, HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the County Court failed to establish that he was a second felony offender and failed to comply with CPL 400.21 before he was sentenced as a second felony offender is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05[2] ; People v. Proctor , 79 N.Y.2d 992, 994, 584 N.Y.S.2d 435, 594 N.E.2d 929 ; People v. Pellegrino , 60 N.Y.2d 636, 637, 467 N.Y.S.2d 355, 454 N.E.2d 938 ; People v. Luisi , 81 A.D.3d 980, 917 N.Y.S.2d 582 ; People v. Steven B. , 81 A.D.3d 843, 844, 916 N.Y.S.2d 832 ). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit, as the statutory purposes of CPL 400.21 were met and the court substantially complied with the statute (see People v. Bouyea , 64 N.Y.2d 1140, 1142, 490 N.Y.S.2d 724, 480 N.E.2d 338 ; People v. Cobb , 145 A.D.3d 738, 739, 42 N.Y.S.3d 342 ). The court provided the defendant with notice of the predicate felony statement and an opportunity to be heard. Furthermore, the defendant admitted the allegations in the predicate felony statement, and there is no indication that the defendant contemplated a challenge to the constitutionality of his prior conviction (see People v. Rodriguez , 142 A.D.3d 1189, 38 N.Y.S.3d 224 ; People v. Earl , 133 A.D.3d 875, 20 N.Y.S.3d 158 ; People v. Laterza , 129 A.D.3d 1105, 10 N.Y.S.3d 881 ; People v. Evans , 121 A.D.3d 1012, 1013, 993 N.Y.S.2d 780 ; People v. Jackson , 114 A.D.3d 807, 809, 979 N.Y.S.2d 704 ; People v. Winslow , 100 A.D.3d 1031, 954 N.Y.S.2d 625 ; People v. Luisi , 81 A.D.3d at 980, 917 N.Y.S.2d 582 ; People v. McAllister , 47 A.D.3d 731, 732, 850 N.Y.S.2d 495 ).

AUSTIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, ROMAN and LASALLE, JJ., concur.