People v. Sloan

On March 22, 1994, defendant entered a plea of guilty of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree. The charge arose out of defendant’s alleged theft of a truck which he ultimately conveyed to the owner of a tavern in order to defray his bar bill. After a thorough allocution, County Court accepted defendant’s plea.

On May 20, 1994, defendant made a motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that it had been based on defendant’s understanding that he would be sentenced to a prison term of 2 to 4 years. When defense counsel informed defendant that no such agreement had been made,…