People v. Jefferson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J.), rendered January 30, 2007, convicting her of assault in the second degree, upon her plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, to hear and report on the issue of whether the defendant was competent at her plea allocution and sentencing, and the appeal is held in abeyance in the interim. The Supreme Court, Richmond County, shall file its report with all convenient speed.

At her plea proceeding, when the Supreme Court inquired of the…