Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dwayne Prihett, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-01-16
Citations: 279 A.D.2d 335
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dwayne Prihett, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 335–335

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dwayne Prihett, Appellant.
[718 NYS2d 840]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered May 19, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, and imposing the mandatory surcharge, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's claim that the court's imposition of the mandatory surcharge (Penal Law § 60.35) without mentioning such surcharge during the plea colloquy constituted a violation of his plea bargain is unpreserved as a result of defendant's failure to move to withdraw his plea on this ground or to object to the surcharge, and we decline to review this claim in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find no indication in the record that defendant's guilty plea was made in reliance on a promise that the surcharge would not be imposed. We also note that the surcharge, unlike a fine, is mandatory (CPL 420.35 [2]). We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Tom, Wallach and Friedman, JJ.