People v Patterson, 2021 NY Slip Op 01070 [191 AD3d 903]

February 17, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Wesley Patterson, Appellant.

Mary Zugibe Raleigh, Warwick, NY, for appellant.

David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (William C. Ghee of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (William L. DeProspo, J.), rendered December 12, 2018, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that his counsel was deprived of an opportunity to address the County Court at the time of sentencing, in violation of CPL 380.50, is unpreserved for appellate review ( see People v Green , 54 NY2d 878 [1981]; People v Crosby , 133 AD3d 681 , 682 [2015]). In any event, the record demonstrates that despite its use of irregular phrasing, the court effectively invited defense counsel to speak on the defendant’s behalf ( see People v McClain , 35 NY2d 483, 491 [1974]; People v Crosby , 133 AD3d at 682).

The sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v Suitte , 90 AD2d 80 [1982]). Mastro, A.P.J., Hinds-Radix, Brathwaite Nelson and Iannacci, JJ., concur..