People v. De Vorce

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Wood, J.), rendered March 23, 1984, convicting him of rape in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of 5 to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Judgment affirmed.

*554Defendant challenges his adjudication as a second felony offender, claiming that when he pleaded guilty to the predicate felony, the plea allocution was constitutionally deficient and he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The transcript of the prior plea proceeding had been…