Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1994

People v. Mays

People v. Mays
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 16, 1994
209 A.D.2d 1019; 619 N.Y.S.2d 995; 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12055
People v. Mays

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that he was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender because his prior felony conviction is jurisdictionally defective (see, People v Johnson, 187 AD2d 990). That contention, however, cannot be addressed on direct appeal because it is based on *1020documents that were not submitted to the sentencing court (see, People v Rodriguez, 123 AD2d 405, 406; People v McAllister, 116 AD2d 745). Defendant’s challenge to the predicate felony conviction should be raised in a proceeding pursuant to CPL article 440 (see, People v Johnson, 51 NY2d 986, 988; People v Banks, 117 AD2d 611).

Defendant has not taken an appeal from the judgment revoking his probation and resentencing him to a term of incarceration (see, CPL 460.10 [1]). Consequently, we are also unable to address defendant’s challenge to that judgment.

We reject defendant’s contention that the aggregate sentence is harsh or excessive. (Appeal from Judgment of Chautauqua County Court, Himelein, J.—Criminal Sale Controlled Substance, 3rd Degree.) Present—Denman, P. J., Green, Fallon, Wesley and Doerr, JJ.

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