People v. Garcia

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered July 9, 2001, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s plea allocution, at which the court properly warned him of the rights he was waiving, was knowing and voluntary (see Boykin v Alabama, 395 US 238 [1969]; People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9 [1983]).

Defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a more detailed plea allocution. Defendant’s other…