People v. Burgos

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Roth-wax, J.), rendered January 30, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s guilty plea was conditioned on a 2 to 6 year sentence, which was in turn, conditioned on defendant’s cooperation with the prosecutor. At sentencing, the People alleged that defendant had failed to cooperate. That failure was confirmed by defendant’s trial counsel, who had attended the meeting at which the defendant had told the prosecutor that he…