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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALEXIS RIVERA, Appellant.

Mercure, J.

Defendant pleaded guilty to a superior court information charging him with one count of attempted burglary in the second degree and waived his right to appeal. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Supreme Court sentenced defendant as a second felony offender to a prison term of 3½ years and post-release supervision of three years. Defendant appeals from the original judgment of conviction. His sole arguments are that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive; we reject both.

Upon learning that the original term of postrelease supervision imposed was illegal, Supreme Court vacated the original sentence and resentenced defendant to the same term of imprisonment to be followed by postrelease supervision of five years ( see e.g. People v Vaughns, 70 AD3d 1123, 1124, lv denied 15 NY3d 758).

Defendant's ineffective assistance claim survives his appeal waiver to the extent it implicates the voluntariness of his plea, but his failure to move to withdraw his guilty plea or vacate the judgment of conviction leaves it unpreserved for our review ( see People v Singh, 73 AD3d 1384, 1385, lv denied 15 NY3d 809; People v Garland, 69 AD3d 1122, 1123, lv denied 14 NY3d 887). Defendant additionally concedes that his claim involves facts outside the record and, as such, it is more properly the subject of a CPL article 440 motion ( see People v Bodah, 67 AD3d 1195, 1196, lv denied 14 NY3d 838; People v Scitz, 67 AD3d 1251, 1252). Finally, defendant's valid appeal waiver precludes his claim that the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive ( see People v Singh, 73 AD3d at 1385).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

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PEOPLE v. ALEXIS RIVERA
(Nov 24, 2010)