Legal Opinion

People v. Douglas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 26, 2011PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Rosenwasser, J., at plea; Reilly J., at sentence), rendered January 9, 2006, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Prior to sentencing, the defendant moved to withdraw his plea of guilty, asserting that he was innocent, that he was coerced by his attorney into pleading guilty, and that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. The County Court denied his motion.

The decision to…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. People v. LopezNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. People v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. People v. DazzoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. CarusoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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