People v. Cantu
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that County Court erred in accepting his guilty plea without a factual allocution. Because "defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser crime than the one charged in the indictment, a factual basis for the plea was unnecessary” (People v Moore, 71 NY2d 1002, 1006; People v Clairborne, 29 NY2d 950, 951; People v Nunez, 177 AD2d 656). Moreover, there is no basis to conclude that defendant’s plea was "improvident or baseless” (People v Duff, 158 AD2d 711, lv denied 76 NY2d 734). Defendant, no stranger to the criminal…
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