Opinion
Submitted May 30, 2000.
September 18, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson , J.), rendered July 21, 1998, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty , and imposing sentence.
Mark Berry, Gouverneur, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Michael E. Bongiorno , District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Ellen O'Hara Woods of counsel), for respondent.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the People did not need to prove that his entry into the premises where the crime occurred was "forced" to sustain his conviction for burglary in the second degree (see , People v. Johnson, 162 A.D.2d 267; People v. Cozzetto, 142 A.D.2d 684).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review, not properly before this court on direct appeal, or without merit.