People v. Riley

Judgment, Supreme Court," Bronx County (Daniel FitzGerald, J., at Wade hearing; Edward Davidowitz, J., at plea and sentence), rendered March 7, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 11 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Since nothing in defendant’s plea allocution cast doubt on his guilt, the court had no obligation to conduct a sua sponte inquiry into allegedly exculpatory statements made by defendant at sentencing (see, People v Negron, 222 AD2d 327, lv denied 88…