People v. Dobson

The defendant never moved to suppress his confession as illegally obtained prior to knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entering a plea of guilty to assault in the first degree. Consequently, his guilty plea precludes judicial review of this issue (see, People v Nicholson, 11 NY2d 1067; People v Thomas, 74 AD2d 317, 321, affd 53 NY2d 338; People v Blim, 61 AD2d 876, 877; People v Rivera, 50 AD2d 805). A review of the record on appeal and the plea bargain negotiated by defense counsel belies the defendant’s claim that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel. Mangano, J. P.,…