Legal Opinion
People v. Lewis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 11, 1991PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (G. Goldstein, J.), rendered April 13, 1988, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. We disagree. It is well settled that the decision as to whether to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the court (see, People v Hagzan, 155 AD2d…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. ArmsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. HagzanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. GomezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. SearsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. BernardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. HakimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. LewisNew York Supreme Court · 1995
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