People v. Thorne

• Decision Date: 23 April 2014
• Citation: 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 02807,983 N.Y.S.2d 861,116 A.D.3d 988
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jonathan THORNE, appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

116 A.D.3d 988

983 N.Y.S.2d 861

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 02807

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,

v.Jonathan THORNE, appellant.

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

April 23, 2014.

Michael G. Paul, New City, N.Y., for appellant.

William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Joan M. McCarthy of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Greller, J.), rendered May 16, 2013, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

To the extent that the defendant's claim that his plea of guilty was not knowingly, voluntarily, or intelligently entered rests on matter outside the record on appeal, it may not be reviewed on direct appeal ( see People v. Smith, 85 A.D.3d 1065, 925 N.Y.S.2d 864;People v. Steven B., 81 A.D.3d 843, 916 N.Y.S.2d 832;People v. Griffith, 78 A.D.3d 1194, 913 N.Y.S.2d 264). To the extent that this claim is based on matter appearing on the record, it is not preserved for appellate review since the defendant did not move to withdraw his plea ( see People v. Steven B., 81 A.D.3d at 843, 916 N.Y.S.2d 832;People v. Bunn, 79 A.D.3d 1143, 914 N.Y.S.2d 907;People v. Nowell, 46 A.D.3d 707, 848 N.Y.S.2d 242). In any event, the claim is without merit.

The defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is based, in part, on matter appearing on the record and, in part, on matter outside the record and, thus, constitutes a “ ‘mixed claim[ ]’ ” of ineffective assistance ( People v. Maxwell, 89 A.D.3d 1108, 1109, 933 N.Y.S.2d 386, quoting People v. Evans, 16 N.Y.3d 571, 575 n. 2, 925 N.Y.S.2d 366, 949 N.E.2d 457,cert. denied ––– U.S. –––, 132 S.Ct. 325, 181 L.Ed.2d 201). In this case, it is not evident from the matter appearing on the record that the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel ( cf. People v. Crump, 53 N.Y.2d 824, 440 N.Y.S.2d 170, 422 N.E.2d 815;People v. Brown, 45 N.Y.2d 852, 410 N.Y.S.2d 287, 382 N.E.2d 1149). Since the defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be resolved without reference to matter outside the record, a CPL 440.10 proceeding is the appropriate forum for reviewing the claim in its entirety ( see People v. Freeman, 93 A.D.3d 805, 806, 940 N.Y.S.2d 314;People v. Maxwell, 89 A.D.3d at 1109, 933 N.Y.S.2d 386;People v. Rohlehr, 87 A.D.3d 603, 604, 927 N.Y.S.2d 919).

The sentence imposed was not...