People v. Shaw

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered September 28, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

We previously assigned new counsel to represent defendant on this appeal (301 AD2d 751, 751 [2003]) and now defendant’s sole legal argument is that his guilty plea was not knowing, voluntary or intelligent. This issue, however, has not been preserved for our review because defendant did not move to withdraw the plea or vacate the judgment of conviction (see People v Thomas,…