People v. Lyde

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Smith, J.), rendered July 22, 1996, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, prohibited use of a weapon, and menacing in the second degree (three counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

By pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited appellate review of his claims that his right to testify before the Grand Jury was violated (see,…