Legal Opinion
People v. Lewis
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*815OPINION OF THE COURT
William F. Mastro, J.
Defendant moves to vacate the judgment on the grounds that his attorney coerced him into pleading guilty, the court coerced him into pleading guilty, and prosecutorial misconduct caused him to plead guilty. The motion came before this court because the pleading court is an Appellate Division Justice who is ineligible to decide this motion (Matter of Connolly v Scudder, 222 App Div 591, 597, revd on other grounds sub nom. Matter of Richardson, 247 NY 401; NY Const, art VI, § 2).
Without determining the accuracy or believability of defendant’s…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- People v. FiumefreddoNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. MorenoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Oakley v. . AspinwallNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
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