Van Leer-Greenberg v. Massaro

Petition, pursuant to CPLR article 78, to prohibit respondent, Justice Dominic R. Massaro of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, from sua sponte vacating the guilty plea of defendant George Morris and directing that he proceed to trial, granted, the plea reinstated and the matter remanded to Supreme Court for sentence in accordance with the agreement entered upon the record, without costs.

The defendant was indicted for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a Class D felony pursuant to Penal Law § 265.02 (4), and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a Class A…