People v. Amir

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Breslin, J.), rendered May 22, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Defendant entered an Alford plea of guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and was sentenced as a second felony offender to IV2 years in prison followed by two years of postrelease supervision. Contrary to his assertion here, our review of the record reveals that defendant’s plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary (see People v Kennedy, 46…