Defendant's claim that the court improperly accepted his guilty plea is unpreserved for appellate review because he failed to move either to withdraw his plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction and this case does not fall within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement (see, People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 665-666). Defendant's utterances, viewed in their entirety, cast no significant doubt on either the voluntariness of his plea or on his guilt (see, People v. Toxey, 86 N.Y.2d 725). When defendant equivocated on the issue of intent, the court made a sufficient inquiry and defendant's responses establish that he understood the nature of the charge and knowingly pleaded guilty to it.
SULLIVAN, J.P., NARDELLI, WILLIAMS, RUBIN, ANDRIAS, JJ.