Judgment affirmed.
Defendant forfeited his right to challenge the adverse Sandoval ruling by his plea of guilty ( People v. Claudio, 64 N.Y.2d 858; People v. Zangrillo, 105 A.D.2d 822; People v. Gilliam, 65 A.D.2d 533). Were we to reach the merits of defendant's claim, we would affirm the trial court's ruling as proper and not an abuse of discretion ( see, People v. Jackson, 108 A.D.2d 757; People v. Sterling, 95 A.D.2d 927; People v. Hicks, 88 A.D.2d 519).
We have considered defendant's further contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and conclude that the record does not support the claim ( see, People v. Morris, 100 A.D.2d 630, affd 64 N.Y.2d 803; People v. Bonk, 83 A.D.2d 695). Mollen, P.J., Titone, Thompson and Lawrence, JJ., concur.