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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Richard Rios, Appellant.
   Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered April 14, 1983, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

We note that the issue raised by the defendant concerning his plea of guilty was not presented to the court of first instance by way of a motion "to withdraw the plea or vacate the judgment. Accordingly, that issue has not been preserved for review (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 NY2d 636; People v Willie, 101 AD2d 819; People v Thomas, 74 AD2d 317, affd 53 NY2d 338). In any event, were we to address the merits, we would affirm.

Regarding defendant’s sentence, which he claims is excessive, he pleaded guilty with the understanding that he would receive the sentence which was thereafter actually imposed. On this record, defendant has no basis to now complain that his sentence was excessive. Mangano, J. P., Gibbons, Bracken and O’Connor, JJ., concur.