People v. Bell

The question raised by the instant appeal is whether summary reversal of a judgment of conviction, ren*407dered upon a plea of guilty, must be ordered where, after the defendant was resentenced nunc pro tunc, the minutes of the defendant’s guilty plea hearing and sentencing hearing cannot be located.

In 1944 the defendant was indicted for the crimes of attempted robbery in the first degree, attempted grand larceny in the first degree and assault in the second degree. He chose not to stand trial but, instead, entered a plea of guilty to the crime of attempted robbery in the second degree in…