People v. Mayo

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered January 12, 2011, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

Following an incident in which defendant fatally stabbed a man outside a bar, he was charged in an indictment with a number of crimes, including murder in the second degree. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in satisfaction of the indictment as well as an unrelated assault charge *1156arising from his attack upon a correction officer while he was in custody. Defendant was sentenced, in…