Legal Opinion

People v. Stauffer

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

Decided March 11, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to the contention of defendant that the court erred in accepting his Alford plea (see, North Carolina v Alford, 400 US 25, 37). The prosecutor set forth on the record the proof that the People would offer at trial. That proof, coupled with the remarks of defense counsel and the admission by defendant that he was guilty of driving while intoxicated, constituted "strong evidence of actual guilt” of the crime of attempted reckless endangerment in the first degree (North Carolina v Alford, supra, at 37; see also, People v Friedman, 39…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. SatterfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. People v. GarciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1990

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. GodboldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. People v. WaliyuddinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. People v. DanielsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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