Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rodolfo Catala, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-02-10
Citations: 269 A.D.2d 201
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rodolfo Catala, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 201–202

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rodolfo Catala, Appellant.
[703 NYS2d 715]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Straus, J.), rendered May 21, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of rape in the first degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and sentencing him to two terms of 8 to 16 years and two terms of 3 to 6 years, all to be served concurrently, unanimously affirmed.
The record of defendant's plea allocution, read as a whole and including defendant's responses to the court's questions establish that defendant voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly pleaded guilty and waived his right to appeal. Accordingly, appellate review of defendant's claims is foreclosed (see, People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1). In any event, we would reject these claims. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Rubin, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.