People v. Elliott

Appeal from a judgment of the Lewis County Court (Charles C. Merrell, J.), rendered July 9, 2010. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

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 criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]), defendant contends that County Court erred in accepting his Alford plea because the record lacked the requisite “strong evidence of…