Legal Opinion

People v. Corti

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

Decided August 16, 1982PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mangano, J.

The primary issue addressed on this appeal is whether, in a criminal matter, issues raised in a pretrial motion to suppress evidence under CPL 710.20 are waived and appellate review forfeited, when a defendant, without expressly waiving the final disposition of his suppression motion, enters a plea of guilty while that motion remained pending and undecided. We answer in the affirmative and hold that an express waiver is not required.

Defendant was accused of having killed his father by shooting, stabbing and striking him to death, and, by a Dutchess County…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. People v. SamuelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. ArthurNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. People v. GrantNew York Court of Appeals · 1978

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. People v. JandrewAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. CarterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. People v. ViscomiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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