Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Christian Guzman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-12-29
Citations: 134 A.D.3d 637
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christian Guzman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 637–637

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christian Guzman, Appellant.
[21 NYS3d 615]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Solomon, J.), rendered October 16, 2012, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to a term of one year, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's claim that his guilty plea was invalid because the court gave an incomplete explanation of defendant's rights under Boykin v Alabama (395 US 238 [1969]) is a claim requiring preservation (see People v Jackson, 123 AD3d 634 [1st Dept 2014], lv denied 25 NY3d 1202 [2015]), and we decline to review this unpreserved claim in the interest of justice. Unlike the situation in People v Tyrell (22 NY3d 359, 364 [2013]), defendant had the opportunity to move to withdraw his plea or otherwise raise the issue, and the deficiency did not rise to the level of a mode of proceedings error. As an alternative holding, we find that the record as a whole establishes the voluntariness of the plea (see Tyrell, 22 NY3d at 365; see also People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 16-19 [1983]). Concur — Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Andrias and Richter, JJ.