People v. Pineda

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered on March 30, 1988, convicting defendant, following his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from six years to life, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that he is not a predicate felon because his prior conviction was unconstitutionally obtained. We find no merit to this claim. In that regard, the record of the 1985 predicate plea proceeding…