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THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. ANDREW SANDSON, appellant.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgments are affirmed.

The defendant contends that his pleas of guilty were not voluntary or knowing because the court failed to make inquiry when his allocution raised the possibility of the existence of an affirmative defense to the crime of robbery in the first degree ( see Penal Law § 160.15). However, this contention is unpreserved for appellate review since the defendant neither moved to withdraw his pleas nor to vacate the judgments on that ground ( see People v. Toxey, 86 N.Y.2d 725; People v. Doctor, 270 A.D.2d 283). Furthermore, the narrow exception to the preservation rule, as set forth in People v. Lopez ( 71 N.Y.2d 662) is inapplicable here since there is nothing in the allocution which would cast significant doubt on the defendant's guilt, or otherwise call into question the voluntariness of his pleas ( see People v. Harrell, 288 A.D.2d 489).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., S. MILLER, SCHMIDT and TOWNES, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. SANDSON
(Apr 19, 2004)