People v. Martinez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered November 29, 1988, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and witness tampering in the second degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to concurrent indeterminate terms of from 12 years’ to life and from 3 to 6 years’ imprisonment, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

By failing to move to vacate or withdraw his guilty plea at Trial Term, defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that his plea of guilty was not…