People v. Metovic

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Knopf, J.), rendered May 16, 2007, convicting him of assault in the second degree (two counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was denied the right to the retained counsel of his choice at the time of sentencing is not preserved for appellate review as he neither raised that claim before the Supreme Court nor moved to set aside the sentence on that ground (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662 [1988]; People v Demosthene, 2 AD3d 874…