People ex rel. Knoblauch v. Murray

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Reilly, Jr., J.), entered July 17, 2001 in Schenectady County, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, after a hearing.

On September 10, 1999, petitioner waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a superior court information charging him with criminal contempt in the first degree and sexual abuse in the third degree. The guilty plea was accompanied by petitioner’s written waiver of appeal and was entered with the understanding that petitioner would be sentenced to a…