Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Butler, Also Known as Michael Mails, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-01-25
Citations: 200 A.D.2d 515
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Butler, Also Known as Michael Mails, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 200
Pages: 515–515

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Butler, Also Known as Michael Mails, Appellant.
[606 NYS2d 686]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court (James J. Leff, J.), rendered May 19, 1992, convicting defendant, after his pleas of guilty, to two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to two concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's contention that his pleas were not knowingly and intelligently entered has not been preserved for review, as a matter of law, since he did not move to withdraw the pleas or to vacate the judgment of conviction (People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665), and we decline to reach it in the interest of justice. If we were to consider this contention, we would find that those pleas were properly entered, in view of, inter alia, defendant's colloquy with Criminal Term concerning the effect of those pleas on his status as a felony offender, and his familiarity with the criminal justice system, as a result of his extensive criminal record (see, People v Montford, 134 AD2d 207, 208, lv denied 70 NY2d 1009).
We have considered defendant's remaining contention and find it without merit. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Wallach, Kupferman, Ross and Tom, JJ.