People v. Ferguson

Appeal from a judgment of Jefferson County Court (Martusewicz, J.), entered March 13, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to afford him the opportunity to make a statement on his own behalf before imposing sentence and thus failed to comply with CPL 380.50 (1). That contention is not preserved for our review (see People v Green, 54 NY2d 878, 880;…