People v. McGuire

Appeal by defendant from an order of the County Court, Richmond County, dated November 3, 1960, denying, without a hearing, his comm nobis application to vacate a judgment of said court, rendered November 26, 1956, convicting him, on his plea of guilty during trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to serve a term of 20 years to life. Order affirmed. The error assigned — accepting a plea of guilty, claimed not to have been made in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure (§ 335, subd. 1) —clearly appears on the face of the record. In such ease the…