People v. Sebast

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Hall, J.), rendered August 31, 2004, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of rape in the first degree.

Defendant was charged in a six-count indictment with, among other things, repeatedly raping a five-year-old girl. He thereafter pleaded guilty to a single count of rape in the first degree and was sentenced in accordance with the negotiated plea agreement to 20 years in prison followed by five years of postrelease supervision. Defendant now appeals.

Initially, to the extent that defendant challenges the…