People v. Palmer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lawliss, J.), rendered January 5, 2009 in Clinton County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of assault in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child (three counts).

In August 2008, defendant was charged by indictment with numerous felonies arising out of an incident on May 17, 2008 in which defendant allegedly entered the family home and, among other things, savagely beat his wife in front of three children— one child of the marriage and two children of the wife — and then set the house on fire. Pursuant to a…