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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN MAIDA, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Having failed to raise any objections to the adequacy of his plea allocution in the court of first instance, the defendant failed to preserve this claim for appellate review as a matter of law (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 N.Y.2d 636).

In any event, we find that the court was not required to conduct further inquiry as to the defendant's state of mind at the time of the crime or as to the existence of a potential defense of intoxication. The defendant's admissions at the plea allocution clearly indicated that his acts were intentional and sufficiently established that the defendant knew "exactly what he was doing" when he committed the crime to which he was pleading guilty (see, People v Santana, 110 A.D.2d 789, lv dismissed 67 N.Y.2d 656; People v Paterno, 141 A.D.2d 771; see also, People v Williams, 132 A.D.2d 634).

We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, and find them to be without merit. Bracken, J.P., Lawrence, Kunzeman and Kooper, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. MAIDA
(Feb 27, 1989)