People v. Baird

Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Melchor E. Castro, A.J.), rendered October 14, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [3]), defendant contends that his plea was not knowing and voluntary because County Court did not conduct the requisite further inquiry after he negated an essential element of the crime during the…