People v. Bryant

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 4, 1977, convicting her of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, defendant’s guilty plea vacated, her plea of not guilty reinstated and case remanded to Criminal Term for further proceedings in accordance herewith. Under the circumstances of this particular case, and especially in view of defendant’s history of mental instability, it was error for Criminal Term to accept her…