People v. Danny G.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Wachtler, J.

In People v McConnell (49 NY2d 340), we held that a defendant who has placed himself in a “no-return” position by carrying out his obligations under a plea agreement is entitled to specific performance of that agreement in cases where no significant additional information bearing upon the appropriateness of the plea bargain later comes to the court’s attention. Defendant, who testified at the trial of an accomplice in full compliance with his part of the bargain, falls squarely within this rule. The court’s refusal to impose the agreed upon sentence having no…