People v. Diakite

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered July 22, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of forgery devices (two counts) and scheme to defraud in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 2V2 to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, who contends that his plea was involuntary because the court never advised him that he could be deported as a result of his plea (see People v Peque, 22 NY3d 168 [2013]), has not established that the exception to the preservation requirement…