Spain, J.
Defendant, a prison inmate, was charged with promoting prison contraband in the first degree after he was discovered to be in possession of a hard back razor with a cloth handle. Thereafter, defendant agreed to plead guilty to the reduced charge of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree with the understanding that he would be sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 1½ to 3 years, to be served consecutively with the sentence he was then serving. During the plea colloquy, however, defendant sought permission to enter anAlford plea and County Court denied the request. Defendant pleaded guilty in accordance with the plea agreement and received the agreed-upon sentence, prompting this appeal.
Defendant's challenge to the validity of his guilty plea is not preserved for our review in light of defendant's failure to either move to withdraw his guilty plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction (see, People v. Moore, ___ A.D.2d ___, 705 N.Y.S.2d 425;People v. Milan, 266 A.D.2d 730, lv denied 94 N.Y.2d 882). Moreover, contrary to defendant's contention, the narrow exception to the preservation doctrine is not implicated by defendant's request for an Alford plea or the explanation for his possession of the razor, because neither cast significant doubt upon defendant's guilt or otherwise called into question the voluntariness of his plea (see,People v. Alicea, 264 A.D.2d 900, ___, 694 N.Y.S.2d 816, 817, lv denied 94 N.Y.2d 876; People v. McElhiney, 237 A.D.2d 827, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 861).
Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Peters and Mugglin, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.