People v. Foss

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered February 6, 1991, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of burglary in the second degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of the crime of burglary in the second degree. At the plea hearing, defendant agreed to a sentence of 2 to 6 years’ imprisonment. Defendant also acknowledged that, if he failed to appear for sentencing without a justifiable excuse, County Court would impose the harshest possible sentence of 5 to 15 years’ imprisonment. Upon defendant’s failure to appear at sentencing,…