People v. Reyati

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), entered Decern*200ber 8, 1997 and February 17, 1998, which denied defendant’s motions to vacate the judgment, same court (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered October 16, 1996, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of hindering prosecution in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 years probation and a $1,000 fine, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motions were properly denied. The court’s promise to allow defendant to “withdraw his plea” in the event of adverse immigration consequences was of necessity limited to the period…