Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Benjamin Kou Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-03-30
Citations: 73 N.Y.2d 961
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benjamin Kou Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 961–963

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benjamin Kou Smith, Appellant.
Argued February 16, 1989;
decided March 30, 1989
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender (Howard K. Broder of counsel), for appellant.
Howard R. Relin, District Attorney (Wendy Evans Lehmann of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed for the reasons stated in that court's memorandum (138 AD2d 972).
We would only add that defendant failed to timely raise the issue of whether he was properly sentenced as a second felony offender by not controverting the allegations in the predicate felony statement (CPL 400.21 [3]). Accordingly, any question concerning whether defendant's prior conviction of kidnapping under 18 USC § 1201 is equivalent to his conviction of a felony in New York has not been preserved for our review.