People v. Piazza

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Kane, J.), rendered February 2, 1993, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree and attempted criminal possession of forgery devices.

Defendant’s principal argument on appeal is a challenge to the sufficiency of his plea allocution, an argument he failed to preserve by moving to either vacate or withdraw his plea (see, People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665). Additionally, at the time he pleaded guilty, defendant also waived his right to appeal…