People v. Lee

Judgment, insofar as it imposes sentence, unanimously reversed and otherwise judgment affirmed and defendant remanded to Erie County Court for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: At sentencing, defendant challenged the validity of a predicate felony conviction stating: “I feel very strongly [that] at the time * * * of my sentencing, I was forced to take a cop-out. I made motions myself in New York City and at the last minute I was forced to take a cop-out to one and one-half to three, because the man was 85 years old”. His attorney stated that his client’s…