Appeal from a judgment of the Cattaraugus County Court
(Ronald D. Ploetz, J.), rendered January 12, 2015. The judgment revoked defendant’s
sentence of probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment. It is hereby
ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment revoking the sentence
of probation imposed upon his conviction of driving while intoxicated as a
class E felony (Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1192 [3]; 1193 [1] [c] [i] [A]), and
sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of one to three years.
We note at the outset that, contrary to the People’s contention, defendant’s
waiver of the right to appeal at the underlying plea proceeding does not
preclude our review of his contentions on this appeal following the revocation
of his probation (see generally People v Williams, 140 AD3d 1749, 1750, lv
denied 28 NY3d 975; People v Rodriguez, 259 AD2d 1040, 1040). Defendant failed
to preserve for our review his contention that County Court erred in failing to
order an updated presentence report before sentencing defendant upon his
admission to violating probation (see People v Stachnik, 101 AD3d 1590, 1592,
lv denied 20 NY3d 1104). In any event, the court was sufficiently familiar with
defendant’s status and his conduct while on probation that an updated report
was not required to enable it to perform its sentencing function, inasmuch as
the court was informed that defendant had pleaded guilty in another county to a
new charge of driving while intoxicated committed while he was on probation
(see id. at 1592; People v Perry, 278 AD2d 933, 933, lv denied 96 NY2d 866; cf.
People v Klinkowski, 281 AD2d 972, 973, lv denied 96 NY2d 831). We further
conclude that defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel by his
attorney’s failure to request an updated presentence report (see People v
Williams, 114 AD3d 993, 994, lv denied 23 NY3d 969; see generally People v
Ward, 25 AD3d 727, 727, lv denied 7 NY3d 764). Finally, the sentence is not
unduly harsh or severe.
Entered: March 31, 2017 Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
