Legal Opinion

People v. Pagan

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

Decided April 25, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.), rendered October 30, 1992, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the plea is vacated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings on the indictment.

As the People correctly concede, as part of a plea bargain, the court improperly agreed to place the defendant on interim probation by postponing his sentence to allow him to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. Rodney E.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. BeigelmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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