People v. Welcome

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Reilly, Jr., J.), rendered June 1, 1990, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

A guilty plea effects a forfeiture of the right to renew many arguments made before the plea (People v Taylor, 65 NY2d 1, 5), and we are of the view that defendant’s severance motion is one of those arguments which does not survive a guilty plea (see, People v Shepphard, 177 AD2d 668). We reject defendant’s contention that he was forced or coerced into pleading guilty…