People v. Silvia

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Leaman, J.), rendered March 15, 1995, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of absconding from temporary release in the first degree.

Upon his plea of guilty, defendant, an inmate at Hudson Correctional Facility in Columbia County, was convicted of *837absconding from temporary release in the first degree, a class E felony. On appeal, he contends that the People should have been estopped from prosecuting him because he was never warned that he could be subject to a felony prosecution if he failed to comply with the…