Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Juan Rodriguez, Also Known as Anthony Ortega, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-10-19
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 379
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rodriguez, Also Known as Anthony Ortega, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 379–379

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rodriguez, Also Known as Anthony Ortega, Appellant.
[714 NYS2d 440]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Adlerberg, J.), rendered September 29, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's claim that he was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender on the basis of a New Hampshire predicate conviction under a statute that is allegedly broader than New York's analogous statutes is a claim requiring preservation (People v Smith, 73 NY2d 961), and such claim was expressly waived. In any event, defendant's argument is identical to arguments that have been repeatedly rejected by this Court (see, e.g., People v Roach, 255 AD2d 164, lv denied 92 NY2d 1053). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Wallach, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.