People v. Jackson
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]) and sentencing him as a second violent felony offender to a determinate term of incarceration of 10 years, defendant contends that the felony complaint that commenced this criminal action was facially insufficient; that police engaged in conduct that deprived him of due process; that the plea allocution is factually insufficient; and that the sentence is unduly harsh or severe.
Defendant was convicted upon his plea of guilty to a valid superior court information, which superseded the felony complaint. Thus, any insufficiency in the initiating accusatory instrument is irrelevant (see, People v Black, 270 AD2d 563, 564-565). Defendant’s challenge to the factual sufficiency of the plea allocution lacks merit. Although County Court had a duty
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