Legal Opinion

People v. Cruz

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

Decided March 27, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Elbert Hinkson, J.), rendered June 14, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 21/s to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly enhanced defendant’s promised sentence where defendant violated the conditions of the plea. Defendant’s current contention that, having never warned defendant of the possibility of an enhanced sentence, the court was obligated to offer him the opportunity to withdraw the plea, is unpreserved and without merit (People v…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BerdeciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. People v. CostelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. People v. O'ConnorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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