People v. Benitez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Putnam County (Rooney, J.), rendered November 14, 2007, convicting him of course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
By pleading guilty, the defendant forfeited his claim that he *827was deprived of his right to testify before the grand jury (see People v DeLuca, 45 AD3d 777 [2007]; People v Standley, 269 AD2d 614, 615 [2000]).
The defendant’s valid waiver of his right to appeal precludes appellate…
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