Legal Opinion

People v. Coutts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 13, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to afford him an opportunity to withdraw his plea before imposing a greater sentence than agreed to at the time of the plea. Before sentencing the court learned that defendant was a second felony offender, so the promised sentence of 2 to 4 years’ incarceration was not permitted for assault in the second degree, a class D violent felony. The court sentenced defendant to a determinate term of three years on each assault count, the minimum sentence for a second felony offense that is a class D…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. LukschAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. People v. ScottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. ALLEN, KIERON, PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  4. People v. AllenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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