People v. Fernandez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*688A guilty plea generally results in a forfeiture of the right to appellate review of any nonjurisdictional defects in the proceedings (People v Prescott, 66 NY2d 216, 220). CPL 710.70 (2) carves out a limited exception providing that an order finally denying a motion to suppress evidence may be reviewed on appeal from a final judgment of conviction, even one entered upon a guilty plea. That exception is unavailable to this defendant, who pleaded guilty before obtaining such an order. That he may have believed…