People v. Crossin

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Main, Jr., J.), rendered August 19, 1996, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Inasmuch as defendant failed to withdraw his plea of guilty or move to vacate the judgment, he has failed to preserve for our review the validity of his plea (see, People v Hayes, 241 AD2d 627). In any event, were we to consider defendant’s challenge to the voluntariness of his plea of guilty, we would find it to be without merit. There is no requirement that a defendant…