Guilty Plea Forfeits All Ineffective Assistance Claims Except those Relating to Plea Bargain
The Second Department noted that a guilty plea forfeits all ineffective assistance claims except those related to the plea-bargaining:
…[T]o the extent that the defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel does not directly involve the plea-bargaining process, it was forfeited upon his plea of guilty …. People v Barrett, 2013 NY Slip Op 02410, 2011-04637, Ind No 1727/10, 2nd Dept 4-10-13
