Legal Opinion

People v. Souhaite

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

Decided February 3, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Carter, J.), rendered October 10, 2007, convicting him of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree and driving while intoxicated, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The County Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. The defendant’s plea was entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily in the presence of counsel (see People v Mann, 32 AD3d 865 [2006]), and there was nothing in his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. LopezNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. People v. MannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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