People v. Thomas

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered May 11, 2011, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge to the voluntariness of his plea is unpreserved (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we reject it on the merits. There was nothing before the plea court to warrant an inquiry into defendant’s mental…