Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mazi Dunkins, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-09-16
Citations: 231 A.D.2d 587
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Mazi Dunkins, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 231
Pages: 587–588

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Mazi Dunkins, Appellant.
[647 NYS2d 107]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.), rendered December 20, 1993, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and burglary in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the defendant argues that his arrest was without probable cause, that the lineup was improperly conducted, and that the court improperly denied his pro se application to remove assigned counsel and to assign new counsel. However, the defendant waived appellate review of these issues as part of his negotiated plea agreement (see, People v Callahan, 80 NY2d 273; People v Seaberg, 74 NY2d 1). Moreover, appellate review was foreclosed when the defendant agreed to withdraw all motions, including his pro se motion, as part of the plea agreement. He also forfeited his right to appellate review of the issues raised in his suppression motion by entering a plea of guilty before the conclusion of the suppression hearing (see, People v Fernandez, 67 NY2d 686).
By failing to move to withdraw his guilty plea, the defendant has failed to preserve his present claim that the plea was involuntarily entered (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 NY2d 636). In any event, the record clearly demonstrates that the defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently pleaded guilty (see, People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9). Rosenblatt, J. P., Ritter, Copertino and Santucci, JJ., concur.