People v. Perez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Forman, J.), rendered April 23, 2013, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the defendant’s plea of guilty is vacated, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Dutchess County, for further proceedings on the superior court information.

The defendant was charged by superior court information with assault in the second degree, based on allegations that he stabbed his landlord following a disagreement over…