People v Heidgen
2013 NY Slip Op 07758 [22 NY3d 981]
November 21, 2013
Court of Appeals
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, February 12, 2014


[*1]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Martin Heidgen, Appellant.

Argued October 8, 2013; decided November 21, 2013

People v Heidgen, 87 AD3d 1035, affirmed.

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

Jillian S. Harrington, New York City, for appellant.

Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola (Maureen McCormick, Tammy J. Smiley and Judith R. Sternberg of counsel), for respondent.

{**22 NY3d at 981} OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's argument that his Alford plea should not have been accepted because [*2]the record does not contain strong evidence of his actual guilt is unpreserved for our review as he has moved neither to withdraw his plea nor to vacate the judgment{**22 NY3d at 982} of conviction (see People v Louree, 8 NY3d 541, 545 [2007]; People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 665-666 [1988]).

Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott, Rivera and Abdus-Salaam concur.

Order affirmed, in a memorandum.