People v Viele

People v Viele 2015 NY Slip Op 00009 Decided on January 2, 2015 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on January 2, 2015 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ.
1072 KA 13-02217

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

HUDSON VIELE, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Kenneth F. Case, J.), rendered December 16, 2013. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

MICHAEL J. STACHOWSKI, P.C., BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. STACHOWSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

FRANK A. SEDITA, III, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. HILLERY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

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 reckless endangerment in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.20) and endangering the welfare of a child (§ 260.10 [1]). Pursuant to the plea agreement, County Court indicated that it was "inclined" to sentence defendant to a term of probation for each count but, at sentencing, imposed a period of imprisonment instead. Defendant contends that the court erred in imposing an "enhanced sentence" inasmuch as he abided by the conditions required for the imposition of probation, which the parties and the court had agreed upon at the time of the plea. Defendant also contends that, instead of imposing an "enhanced sentence," the court should have afforded him an opportunity to withdraw his plea. "Even assuming, arguendo, that the statement of the court that it was inclined' to sentence defendant to a period of probation [on each count] constituted a commitment to such sentence, we conclude that defendant failed to preserve his contention[s] [concerning the alleged enhanced sentence] for our review because he neither objected to the alleged enhanced sentence nor moved to withdraw his plea" (People v Webb, 299 AD2d 955, 955, lv denied 99 NY2d 565; see People v Parks, 309 AD2d 1172, 1173, lv denied 1 NY3d 577). We decline to exercise our power to review defendant's contentions as a matter of discretion in the interest of

justice (see CPL 470.15 [3] [c]).

Entered: January 2, 2015

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court