People v. McAvoy

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rubin, J.), rendered April 20, 1979, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

*587Judgment affirmed.

On the instant appeal, defendant argues that his guilty plea was not a knowing and voluntary one. Specifically, defendant contends that he entered a guilty plea because he believed that he was dying of cancer and was in need of particular medical treatment which he could only get in prison. This argument was not preserved for appellate review by reason of defendant’s…