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People v. Vasquez

New York Court of General Session of the Peace

Decided August 25, 1959PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas Dickens, J.

Infrigement of his constitutional rights, is the fundamental contention embodied in defendant’s coram nobis motion.

In order to sustain this contention, the following specific grounds are alleged:

First. Inducement by incompetent assigned counsel to take a plea of guilty to the charge of criminally possessing a pistol as a felony, but, however, with the conditional understanding that a suspended sentence would be the consequence, and not a prison term which was imposed instead herein.

Second. The failure of the court to provide an interpreter, in view of defendant’s inability as a “ Puerto Rican…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sternaman v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. People v. WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
  3. Deering v. . MetcalfNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. Moett v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. People v. CanforaNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1957

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. BrimNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960
  2. People v. PassanteNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960
  3. People v. PonitzNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1960
  4. People v. ChapmanNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1959
  5. People v. PortnerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1962

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