Legal Opinion
People v. Santana
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 15, 1985PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
At the sentencing proceeding, defendant moved to withdraw his guilty plea, asserting that his drug abuse rendered him unable to form a criminal intent at the time of the homicide. This motion was properly denied. It is apparent from a review of the sentencing minutes that the defendant’s allusions to his prior drug abuse were designed to elicit the court’s sympathy and were not an assertion of his innocence. Moreover, his claim of being voluntarily intoxicated on the day of the murder is belied by the statements he made at both the plea and at sentencing, which clearly illustrated his intent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- People v. HlinkaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
3Cited by15 opinions
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