People v. East

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 8, 1970, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and sentencing him to an indefinite prison term of not more than seven years. The appeal also brings up for review the Criminal Term’s denial, after a hearing, of defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. Judgment reversed, in the interests of justice, motion granted, and case remanded to the Criminal Term for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith. Within a few days after the entry of his plea of guilty,…