People v. Person
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that his waiver of indictment was ineffective because he had not been held for Grand Jury action at the time he executed the waiver (see, CPL 195.10 [1] [a]). The record does not support that contention. “Where, as here, the record of the plea proceedings indicates that the court was satisfied with the sufficiency of the waiver and that it executed an order to that effect (see, CPL 195.30), we may presume that the matter was properly before it” (People v McCarthy, 186 AD2d 1067, lv denied 81 NY2d 843; see, People v Chad S., 237 AD2d 986, lv denied 90 NY2d 856; People v Washington, 138 AD2d 857, 858). By failing to move to withdraw the plea or to vacate the judgment of conviction, defendant failed to preserve for our review his challenge to the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665; People v Hill 254 AD2d 726). Finally, the contention that defendant is entitled to
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