| People v Aquino |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 01057 |
| Decided on February 17, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided on February 17, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, A.P.J.
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON
LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
2017-13234
v
Melvin Aquino, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 1087/16)
Janet E. Sabel, New York, NY (Antonio Villaamil of counsel), for appellant.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, William H. Branigan, and Katherine A. Triffon of counsel), for respondent.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Suzanne J. Melendez, J.), rendered May 4, 2017, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree and attempted grand larceny in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant waived his right to be prosecuted by indictment and agreed to be prosecuted under a superior court information (hereinafter SCI) charging him with attempted robbery in the third degree and attempted grand larceny in the fourth degree. The defendant was convicted on both counts, upon his plea of guilty, and now appeals.
The defendant's contention that the written waiver of indictment failed to comply with Criminal Procedure Law § 195.20, in that it does not contain the "approximate time and place" of the offenses to be charged in the SCI, is forfeited by his plea of guilty (see People v Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 569; People v Cruz, 186 AD3d 1393, 1393; People v King, 184 AD3d 909, 910).
MASTRO, A.P.J., HINDS-RADIX, BRATHWAITE NELSON and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.
ENTER:Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court