People v. Williams

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered November 4, 1991, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, a 28-year-old native of the Dominican Republic who emigrated to this country at the age of 15, contends that his plea was involuntarily entered based on his inability to understand the plea proceedings and the court’s failure to determine whether he required a Spanish interpreter. We disagree. The…