Legal Opinion

People v. Devers

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

Decided September 17, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Andrias, J.), rendered February 2, 1994, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of H/a to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty, his brief, conclusory statement at sentencing that he acted in self-defense having no support in either the plea minutes, wherein defendant admitted his guilt without *426hesitation, or his response when asked to elaborate by the sentencing court (see,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. ShieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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