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THE APPEAL WAIVERS WERE NOT EXECUTED UNTIL SENTENCING AND WERE THEREFORE INVALID; ARGUMENTS ABOUT A LATE FILED OMNIBUS MOTION AND DEFENSE COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO FILE OMNIBUS MOTIONS DID NOT SURVIVE THE GUILTY PLEAS (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined the waivers of appeal were invalid and defendant’s arguments the court should have considered a late omnibus motion and defense counsel was ineffective for failing to file omnibus motions did not survive the guilty pleas:

The written waivers do not establish valid waivers because they were not executed until sentencing … and, even assuming, arguendo, that the written waivers had been executed at the time of the pleas, the court “failed to confirm that [defendant] understood the contents of the written waivers” … . …

Defendant contends in appeal No. 1 that the court abused its discretion in refusing to entertain, in the interest of justice and for good cause shown … , that part of his untimely omnibus motion seeking a Huntley hearing. We conclude, however, that defendant, by pleading guilty, forfeited appellate review of that contention. …

To the extent that defendant further contends in all three appeals that his first attorney’s failure to file a timely omnibus motion constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, we conclude under these circumstances that defendant’s contention likewise does not survive his guilty pleas. People v Parker, 2020 NY Slip Op 07747, Fourth Dept 12-23-20

 

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