People v. Farrelly
Opinion of the Court
Defendant contends that he should not have been sentenced to a period of probation with an ignition interlock device requirement following his sentence of incarceration. He contends that only aggravated DWI offenders (see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [2-a]) are subject to the mandatory supervision and ignition interlock device requirements set forth in, inter alia, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1198 for crimes committed prior to August 15, 2010 and that non-aggravated DWI offenders such as himself are subject to those requirements only for offenses committed on or after August 15, 2010. We reject those contentions and conclude that defendant misreads the relevant statutes. Pursuant to the Laws of 2009 (ch 496, § 15), the amendments to, inter alia, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1198, are applicable to defendant inasmuch as he was sentenced after they took effect, i.e., after August 15, 2010. Defendant failed to preserve for our review his further contentions that those amendments are unconstitutional in several respects (see generally People v Rivera, 9 NY3d 904, 905 [2007]; People v Davidson, 98 NY2d 738, 739-740 [2002]; People v Korber, 89 AD3d 1543 [2011]), and we decline to exercise our power to review those contentions as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [6] [a]). Present — Centra, J.P, Fahey, Peradotto, Garni and Lindley, JJ.
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