People v. Ventura
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carro, J.
In 1975, in a brief Per Curiam opinion (People v Williams, 36 NY2d 829, cert denied 423 US 873), the Court of Appeals, under the "circumstances” of that case, upheld the defendant’s waiver of his right to appeal an adverse suppression ruling which was exacted by the prosecutor as a condition to his plea. Since then, our fellow Appellate Division courts, evidently perceiving Williams as having given prosecutors carte blanche to condition pleas to the waiver of appellate review of suppression rulings, have given effect to such waivers, as long as they are shown to…
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