People v Salina B.

Holding The Court held that the defendant’s challenge to her plea was unpreserved for appellate review because she did not move to withdraw her plea or vacate the judgment. Consequently, the Appellate Division’s order was reversed and the case remitted for further proceedings.

The court’s words

defendant's recitation of the facts underlying the crime pleaded to clearly casts significant doubt upon the defendant's guilt

2026 NY Slip Op 06235, at the official text

defendant may challenge the sufficiency of [their plea] allocution on direct appeal, notwithstanding that a formal postallocution motion was not made

2026 NY Slip Op 06235, at the official text

defendant's challenge to her plea is unpreserved for appellate review because she did not move to withdraw her plea

2026 NY Slip Op 06235, at the official text