Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William T. Lomack, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-06-05
Citations: 63 A.D.3d 1658
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William T. Lomack, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 1658–1658

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William T. Lomack, Appellant.
[879 NYS2d 769]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Joseph D. Valentino, J.), rendered February 24, 2005. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [2]), defendant contends that his right to due process was violated by the failure of the police to record his interrogation. Defendant failed to preserve that contention for our review (see CPL 470.05 [2]) and, in any event, it lacks merit. "[T]his Court has repeatedly determined that the failure to record a defendant's interrogation electronically does not constitute a denial of due process" (People v Malave, 52 AD3d 1313, 1315 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 790 [2008]; see e.g. People v Mendez, 50 AD3d 1526 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 739 [2008]; People v Williams, 39 AD3d 1200 [2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 853 [2007]). Present—Martoche, J.P., Smith, Fahey, Garni and Green, JJ.