People v. Okamura

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), rendered October 4, 2007, convicting him of attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant claims that his plea was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent because he was not advised, before he pleaded guilty, of the possibility of civil confinement or supervision under the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (hereinafter SOMTA) (L 2007, ch 7 [Mental Hygiene Law § 10.01 et seq.f), which…