Legal Opinion
People v. Pearson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 2, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael R. Ambrecht, J.), rendered October 18, 2006, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of seven years, unanimously reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, the plea vacated, and the matter remanded for further proceedings.
During the plea allocution, the court did not inform defendant of any of the rights that he was waiving as a result of his guilty plea (see Boykin v Alabama, 395 US 238 [1969]), and it also neglected to inform him…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Wadsworth Avenue Associates v. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLPNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
- People v. AchaibarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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