People v. Bandelt

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.) rendered March 25, 2002, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On the day that had been chosen for the selection of a jury in connection with his impending trial, the defendant appeared in the County Court with assigned counsel. After consulting with his attorney, the defendant decided to plead guilty to one of the several charges in the indictment. The record establishes that the defendant pleaded guilty…