Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Cintron, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-04-06
Citations: 138 A.D.3d 755
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Cintron, Appellant.
Judges: Rivera, J.P, Hall, Cohen and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 755–756

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Cintron, Appellant.
[27 NYS3d 890]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Camacho, J.), rendered December 19, 2012, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was properly adjudicated a second felony drug offender previously convicted of a violent felony (see Penal Law § 70.70 [4]). The defendant failed to sustain his burden of demonstrating that his previous plea of guilty was unconstitutionally obtained (see CPL 400.21 [7] [b]; People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 15-16 [1983]; People v Glover, 69 AD3d 877, 878 [2010]; People v Manohar, 40 AD3d 1123, 1124 [2007]). The minutes from the prior plea proceeding established that his plea of guilty to the predicate violent felony was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered (see People v Manohar, 40 AD3d at 1124-1125).
Rivera, J.P, Hall, Cohen and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.