People v. Espinal

— Appeal from a judgment of *418the County Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), rendered July 20, 1990, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.

Defendant contends that his guilty plea was not entered into knowingly and intelligently because County Court made no attempt to determine if he understood English. Initially, we note that defendant’s failure to move to withdraw his guilty plea or to make a postverdict motion to vacate the judgment of conviction precludes appellate review of the sufficiency of the plea…