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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
           Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1283
KA 11-00014
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND SCONIERS, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                    V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CHARLES WILLIAMS, ALSO KNOWN AS CASH,
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

CHARLES A. MARANGOLA, MORAVIA, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JON E. BUDELMANN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF
COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Thomas G.
Leone, J.), rendered November 18, 2010. The judgment convicted
defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled
substance in the third degree (two counts).

     It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is
unanimously affirmed.

     Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his
plea of guilty of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled
substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]), defendant
contends that the indictment should be dismissed because he appeared
before the grand jury in shackles and handcuffs. Although that
contention survives the guilty plea (see People v Crumpler, 70 AD3d
1396, lv denied 14 NY3d 839; People v Gilmore, 12 AD3d 1155, 1155-
1156), it “is not preserved for our review because defendant did not
object to appearing before the grand jury in that manner or request
cautionary instructions with respect to that appearance” (People v
Abron, 37 AD3d 1163, lv denied 8 NY3d 980; see People v Robinson, 49
AD3d 1269, 1270, lv denied 10 NY3d 869; see generally People v
Johnston, 43 AD3d 1273, 1274, lv denied 9 NY3d 1007). Further,
defendant abandoned that contention by pleading guilty before County
Court decided that part of his motion seeking to dismiss the
indictment on the ground that he appeared before the grand jury in
shackles and handcuffs (see People v Barker [appeal No. 1], 254 AD2d
730, lv denied 93 NY2d 870; see generally People v Fortin, 289 AD2d
590, 591, lv denied 97 NY2d 754). By pleading guilty, defendant
forfeited his further contention that he was denied his right to
testify before the grand jury based on the prosecutor’s refusal to
provide him with notice of all charges the grand jury would consider
(see People v Gray, 62 AD3d 1256; People v Hoeft, 42 AD3d 968, 969, lv
denied 9 NY3d 962; People v Winchester, 38 AD3d 1336, 1337, lv denied
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9 NY3d 853).   In any event, that contention is without merit.

Entered:   December 23, 2011                     Frances E. Cafarell
                                                 Clerk of the Court