People v. Ranieri

Judgment insofar as it imposes sentence unanimously reversed, on the law, and matter remitted to Onondaga County Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum: Appellant was convicted of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fifth degree upon his plea of guilty and in full satisfaction of a six-count indictment containing various drug charges. The next day he informed the court that he wished to withdraw his plea of guilty and he promptly moved for that relief. Appellant maintains that he was the innocent victim of a “ set up ” by a police informer, and…