Legal Opinion
People v. McGriff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 5, 1995PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered June 28,1993, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s application to withdraw his plea of guilty on the grounds of coercion and self-defense. The determination of whether to allow a defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty is a matter that rests with the sound discretion of the trial court (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Ochoa, 179 AD2d 689; People…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. CallahanNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. FarrarNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. OchoaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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- People v. FlakesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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