People v. Quinones

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J., at nonjury trial and sentence), rendered October 7, 1987, which convicted defendant of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 12 Vi to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

We reject defendant’s claim that he was entitled to a predicate felony hearing pursuant to CPL 400.21 (7). He alleged that he was not aware that his acts constituted a crime or of the consequences of entering a plea, and that he was experiencing pain in his arm at the time of…