Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Miguel Torres, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-21
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Miguel Torres, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 226–227

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Miguel Torres, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 458]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin Marcus, J.), rendered January 23, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly determined that defendant was a second felony offender. Defendant failed to establish that his prior conviction was unconstitutionally obtained (see, People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9). In the absence of specific proof to the contrary, the law presumes that the requirements for a valid waiver of indictment (see, CPL 195.20) were satisfied (see, People v Dominique, 90 NY2d 880, 881). Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Wallach, Lerner, Rubin and Buckley, JJ.