People v. Mayfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Allen Alpert, J.), rendered January 23, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of robbery in the first degree and attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to two concurrent terms of 3 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court was not obligated to hold a hearing to determine whether defendant was competent to enter a plea, there being no indication that he was not competent (see, People v Tinsley, 35 NY2d 926). We reject his argument that his youth (17 years at the time of the plea) and inexperience with the *392criminal…
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