People v. Santos

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia M. Nunez, J., at suppression motion; Anthony J. Ferrara, J., at plea; Ellen Coin, J. at sentencing), rendered July 20, 2010, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him to a term of one year, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant had the practical ability to withdraw his plea before sentencing, and his challenges to the validity of his plea do not come within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement (see People v Conceicao, 26 NY3d 375, 381-382 [2015]). We decline to review…