Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

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

Decided November 25, 1985PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Felig, J.), rendered February 22, 1984, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Defendant did not raise his objection to the adequacy of his plea allocution in the court of first instance and, thus, failed to preserve his claim for appellate review as a matter of law (see, People v Pellegrino, 60 NY2d 636; People v Warren, 47 NY2d 740).

In any event, it is well settled that a guilty plea will be upheld if it was entered knowingly, voluntarily…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. People v. PellegrinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. SerranoNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
  4. People v. WarrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. People v. SierraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. People v. HoltAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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