Perez v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and subsequent sentence following a non-jury trial in the County Court.

*105On February 28, 1983, an information was filed charging defendant with the offense of criminal mischief, a first degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one (1) year in prison. The non-jury trial was conducted on November 18, 1983. When the calendar commenced that date, the trial Judge made a statement to all defendants in the courtroom. However, he did not advise those defendants charged with first degree misdemeanors they were facing up to one year in…