Court Opinion

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

1272
KA 11-00990
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, AND SCONIERS, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                    V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ERIC D. ROBINSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

LEANNE LAPP, PUBLIC DEFENDER, CANANDAIGUA, D.J. & J.A. CIRANDO, ESQS.,
SYRACUSE (BRADLEY E. KEEM OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

R. MICHAEL TANTILLO, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CANANDAIGUA (CHRISTOPHER
EAGGLESTON OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a judgment of the Ontario County Court (Craig J.
Doran, J.), rendered March 8, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant,
upon his plea of guilty, of attempted assault in the second degree and
driving while ability impaired by drugs.

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

     Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him,
upon his plea of guilty, of attempted assault in the second degree
(Penal Law §§ 110.00, 120.05 [3]) and driving while ability impaired
by drugs (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [4]). Contrary to
defendant’s contention, the record establishes that he knowingly,
voluntarily and intelligently waived the right to appeal (see
generally People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256). The challenge by
defendant to County Court’s suppression ruling is encompassed by his
valid waiver of the right to appeal (see People v Kemp, 94 NY2d 831,
833; People v Goossens, 92 AD3d 1282, 1283, lv denied 19 NY3d 960).
Although defendant’s contention that his guilty plea was not knowing,
voluntary, or intelligent survives his valid waiver of the right to
appeal, defendant did not move to withdraw the plea or to vacate the
judgment of conviction on that ground and thus failed to preserve that
contention for our review (see People v Russell, 55 AD3d 1314,
1314-1315, lv denied 11 NY3d 930). Contrary to defendant’s further
contention, this case does not fall within the rare exception to the
preservation requirement because nothing in the plea allocution calls
into question the voluntariness of the plea or casts “significant
doubt” upon his guilt (People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666; see People v
Cubi, 104 AD3d 1225, 1226, lv denied 21 NY3d 1003).

     To the extent that defendant’s further contention that the court
erred in denying his application for a subpoena duces tecum survives
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the guilty plea and his valid waiver of the right to appeal (see
generally People v Morris, 94 AD3d 1450, 1451, lv denied 19 NY3d 976),
we conclude that it lacks merit. Inasmuch as the records sought
pertain solely to the credibility of a witness, the court did not
abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s subpoena request (see
People v Gissendanner, 48 NY2d 543, 548; People v Scott, 60 AD3d 1396,
1397, lv denied 12 NY3d 821; People v Reddick, 43 AD3d 1334, 1335, lv
denied 10 NY3d 815).

     Although defendant’s challenge to the amount of restitution “ ‘is
not foreclosed by his waiver of the right to appeal because the amount
of restitution was not included in the terms of the plea agreement’ ”
(People v Tessitore, 101 AD3d 1621, 1622, lv denied 20 NY3d 1104), he
failed to preserve that challenge for our review inasmuch as he did
not object to the amount of restitution at sentencing or request a
hearing on that issue (see People v Kirkland, 105 AD3d 1337, 1338-
1339, lv denied 21 NY3d 1043; People v Jorge N.T., 70 AD3d 1456, 1457,
lv denied 14 NY3d 889). Indeed, defendant expressly consented to the
amount of restitution at sentencing (see People v Harris, 31 AD3d
1194, 1195, lv denied 7 NY3d 848; People v Solerwitz, 172 AD2d 780,
781, lv denied 78 NY2d 947).

     Finally, defendant failed to preserve for our review his
contention that the court erred in imposing a collection surcharge of
10% of the amount of restitution (see Kirkland, 105 AD3d at 1338). In
any event, Penal Law § 60.27 (8) provides that a court must impose a
surcharge of 5% of the amount of restitution and may impose an
additional surcharge of up to 5% “[u]pon the filing of an affidavit of
the official or organization designated pursuant to [CPL 420.10 (8)]
demonstrating that the actual cost of the collection and
administration of restitution or reparation in a particular case
exceeds five percent of the entire amount of the payment or the amount
actually collected” (see Kirkland, 105 AD3d at 1338-1339) and, here,
the record includes such an affidavit.

Entered:   December 27, 2013                   Frances E. Cafarell
                                               Clerk of the Court