People v. Rivera

Judgment Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J., at plea and sentence), rendered June 10, 1988, convicting defendant, upon a plea of guilty, of grand larceny in the first degree and sentencing him to 3 to 9 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The claim that the conviction violates the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws is an argument of constitutional dimension that is not forfeited by a guilty plea. (See, People v Taylor, 65 NY2d 1, 5; People v Pelchat, 62 NY2d 97, 108.) Nevertheless, the trial court properly concluded that defendant committed a…